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Quartered arms of Sir Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, KG: Quarterly of four: Azure, a cross or between four hawks close argent (Wriothesley); 2nd: Argent, a fret gules on a canton of the second a lion passant or (unknown); 3rd: Argent, five fusils conjoined in pale gules a bordure azure bezantée (unknown); 4th: Per pale indented gules and azure, a lion rampant or [1] Southampton's ...
Arms of FitzWilliam, Earl of Southampton: Lozengy argent and gules Arms of Wriothesley, Earls of Southampton: Azure, a cross or between four hawks close argent Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Earl of Southampton was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England. Its first creation came in 1537 in favour of the ...
The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery. William Shakespeare's sexuality has been the subject of frequent debates.It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and had three children with her; scholars have examined their relationship through documents, and particularly through the bequests to her in his will.
Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (1545–1581) Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573–1624), patron of William Shakespeare Topics referred to by the same term
Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian. The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia.In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to compose a "graver labour".
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. William Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke, is seen as perhaps the most likely identity of Mr. W.H. and the "young man". He was the dedicatee of the First Folio.
In these sonnets, Shakespeare's speaker several times suggests that the child will be a copy of the young man, who will therefore live on through his child. The actual historical identity, if any, of the young man is a mystery; two candidates that have received the most consideration are Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton ; and William ...
William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").