Catherine Gordon

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Catherine Gordon was a Scottish heiress and the mother of the Romantic poet Lord Byron, whose troubled marriage and financial difficulties influenced his early life.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish heiress
noblewoman
causeOfNotability parentage of a major English Romantic poet
child Lord Byron
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
ethnicGroup Scottish people
familyName Gordon
genreOfNotability Romantic literature (through her son)
givenName Catherine
hasOccupation heiress
hasRole mother
hasTrait financial difficulties
troubled marriage
influenced early life of Lord Byron
languageSpoken English
maritalStatus married
separated
motherOf Lord Byron
surface form: George Gordon Byron
nativeLanguage English
notableFor influence on Romantic poet Lord Byron
notableRelative Lord Byron
notableWork being the mother of Lord Byron
partOf Gordon family
positionInFamily mother of an only legitimate child
residence England
Scotland
sexOrGender female
socialClass aristocracy
spouse Captain John Byron
surface form: John Byron

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

Lord Byron mother Catherine Gordon