Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

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Son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne (1573-1624)

Historical FiguresLived 1573 to 1624 · aged 51

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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.

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Southampton's mother, Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (1552-1607)

Southampton in his teens, c. 1590-1593, attributed to John de Critz

Henry Wriothesley age 21

Shakespeare's dedication to Southampton of The Rape of Lucrece, 1594

Southampton c. 1600

Southampton

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Knight of the Garter

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SpouseElizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton

FatherHenry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton

MotherMary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton

ChildJames Wriothesley, Lord Wriothesley

ChildThomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

ChildLady Anne Wriothesley

ChildLady Penelope Wriothesley

Historical Figures born in the 1570s 6

Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt51.1

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Anne Catherine of Brandenburg51.2

Duchess Anna of Prussia50.2

Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland55.3

Princess Maria Christina I, Princess of Transylvania49.6

About this person

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.