# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-fitton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:23:40.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-fitton"
name: "Mary Fitton"
slug: "mary-fitton"
description: "Mary Fitton was an Elizabethan gentlewoman who became a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth. She is noted for her scandalous affairs with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, and others. She is considered by some to be the \"Dark Lady\" of Shakespeare's sonnets."
tagline: "Possible Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MaryFitton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1578"
deathDate: "1647"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.683406666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fitton"
    title: "Mary Fitton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fitton"
    title: "Mary Fitton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fitton"
    title: "Mary Fitton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fitton"
    title: "Mary Fitton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fitton"
    title: "Mary Fitton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "მერი ფიტონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4948169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump