Who was Lady Diamond?

Question

I want to know who was Lady Diamond what is the history of Lady Diamond? Does it have anything to do with England? Any info would be most appreciative as I can't find anything online. Maybe I need to look under another name.

Answer 1

Good question. Now how are you going to find out who she was ?did she exist ?

Answer 2

A great king had a daughter Lady Diamond, who fell in love with his kitchen boy. She became pregnant. Her father demands to know the father, and she tells him. He has the kitchen boy secretly murdered, but then, in most variants, brings his heart to his daughter. She dies. In most variants, the king laments the deaths.

Answer 3

The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. The collection was published as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads between 1882 and 1898 by Houghton Mifflin in 10 Volumes.

Lady Diamond is Child ballad 269, existing in several variants. The synopsis starts with a great king, who had a daughter (Lady Diamond, Daisy, Dysmal, or Dysie), who fell in love with his kitchen boy. She became pregnant. Her father demands to know the father, and she tells him. He has the kitchen boy secretly murdered, but then, in most variants, brings his heart to his daughter. She dies. In most variants, the king laments the deaths.