Rosa Mundi

Legend has it that 'Rosa Mundi' was named after Fair Rosamund, a mistress of Henry 11, England's monarch from 1154 to 1189. Henry was forced to marry a princess who is said to have murdered the lovely Rosamund. By Henry's order, Rosamund was buried at Godstow Nunnery near Oxford, and each year on the anniversary of her death he ordered her tomb to be decorated with masses of Rosa Mundi. :)