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Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne. She was the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton (born October 6, 1573, Cowdray, Sussex, England—died November 10, 1624, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands) was an English nobleman and William Shakespeare’s patron. Henry Wriothesley succeeded to his father’s earldom in 1581 and became a royal ward under the care of Lord Burghley.
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Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, was an English nobleman who would probably have been forgotten had he not been Shakespeare's patron.
On 17 Nov. 1595 he distinguished himself in the lists set up in the queen's presence in honour of the thirty-seventh anniversary of her accession, and was likened by George Peel, in his account of the scene in his 'Anglorum Feriæ,' to Bevis of Southampton, the ancient type of chivalry.
Henry Wriothesley (1573–1624), third earl of Southampton, is best remembered today as a patron of William Shakespeare. In his youth, several other Elizabethan poets enjoyed his support and he was a significant figure in the cultural life of late sixteenth-century England.
Home. Collection. Highlights. Detail. Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, 1594. A hand or an eye By Hilliard drawn is worth an history. By a worse painter made... John Donne, The Storm, 1597. As John Donne's admiring lines imply, Nicholas Hilliard was the dominant figure in British painting during the latter part of the sixteenth century.
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. (1573-1624), Patron of Shakespeare. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. A favourite of Elizabeth I, Southampton had become earl two days before his eighth birthday.
