Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton


The Earl of Southampton

Coat of arms
Tenure1581 – 1624
PredecessorHenry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton
SuccessorThomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
Born6 October 1573
Cowdray House, Sussex, England
Died10 November 1624(1624-11-10) (aged 51)
Bergen op Zoom, Dutch Republic
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Vernon (m. 1598)
IssuePenelope Wriothesley
James Wriothesley, Lord Wriothesley
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
Anne Wriothesley
FatherHenry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton
MotherMary Browne
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 mother, Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (1552–1607)
Southampton in his teens, c. 1590–1593, attributed to John de Critz

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, KG (pronunciation uncertain: /ˈrɛzli/ "Rezley",[2] /ˈrzli/ "Rizely" (archaic),[3] /ˈrɒtsli/ (present-day)[3] and /ˈrəθsli/[4] have been suggested; 6 October 1573 – 10 November 1624) was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne, 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.

  1. ^ "Blazon of arms here depicted, contrast with other images see".
  2. ^ Stopes 1922, p. 12
  3. ^ a b Montague-Smith 1977, p. 410
  4. ^ Wells 2008

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