Dorothea Jordan

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Dorothea Jordan was a celebrated late 18th- and early 19th-century Anglo-Irish comic actress and mistress of the future King William IV, with whom she had several children.

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Dorothea Jordan canonical 4
Mrs Jordan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish person
actress
comic actress
mistress of royalty
person
stage actress
activeIn early 19th century
late 18th century
alsoKnownAs Dora Bland
Dorothea Jordan
surface form: Mrs Jordan
birthName Dorothy Bland
burialPlace Saint-Cloud
causeOfDeath illness
child Amelia FitzClarence
Augusta FitzClarence
Augustus FitzClarence
Caroline FitzClarence
Elizabeth FitzClarence
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
surface form: Frederick FitzClarence

George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
Henry FitzClarence
Mary FitzClarence
Sophia FitzClarence
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1761-11-21
dateOfDeath 1816-07-05
employer Covent Garden Theatre
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
surface form: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
ethnicOrigin English
Irish
gender female
genre comedy
languageSpoken English
name Dorothea Jordan self-link
notableFor comic roles on the London stage
relationship with William IV
notableRole Rosalind
surface form: Rosalind in As You Like It

Viola
surface form: Viola in Twelfth Night
numberOfChildren 10
occupation actress
comedian
stage performer
partner Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews
William IV
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Ireland
Waterford
placeOfDeath France
Saint-Cloud
religion Church of England
residence Bushy House, Teddington
London, England
surface form: London

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William IV partner Dorothea Jordan
Claire Tomalin subjectOfWork Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan name Dorothea Jordan self-link
Dorothea Jordan alsoKnownAs Dorothea Jordan
this entity surface form: Mrs Jordan