aristocrat
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne (1573-1624)
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About Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton,, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Montagu. Shakespeare's two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, were dedicated to Southampton, who is frequently identified as the Fair Youth of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Everything about Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton →- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Position held
- Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- October 6, 1573
- Died
- November 10, 1624