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Mary Fitton (or Fytton) (baptised 25 June 1578 – 1647) 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.
Mary Fitton (baptized June 24, 1578, Gawsworth, Cheshire, Eng.—died c. 1647) was an English lady considered by some to be the still-mysterious “dark lady” of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, though her authenticated biography does not suggest acquaintance with him.
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Mary Fitton. Elizabeth Wriothesley née Vernon. Jacqueline Field. Jennet Davenant. In popular culture. References. Dark Lady (Shakespeare) The Dark Lady is a woman described in Shakespeare's sonnets (sonnets 127–152), and so called because the poems make it clear that she has black wiry hair, and dark, "dun"-coloured skin.
Learn about Shakespeare's sonnets and the possible identities of the Fair Youth and the Dark Lady. Mary Fitton, a maid of honour to Elizabeth I, is one of the candidates for the Dark Lady, along with Emilia Lanier and others.
Mary Fitton (c. 1578–1647) was a maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth I and a mistress of William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke. She is sometimes identified as the \"dark lady\" of Shakespeare's sonnets, but the evidence is uncertain and based on physical resemblance and literary clues.
Mary Fitton was a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I, who had a scandalous affair with Sir William Knollys, a cousin of the Queen and a Puritan. She later married three times and survived many troubles and controversies in her life.
Mary Fitton is considered by some to be the still-mysterious “dark lady” of William Shakespeare’s sonnets. It is not known whether she actually knew Shakespeare personally, but the two were linked through a mutual acquaintance. Mary Fitton was baptized on June 24, 1578, in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. The daughter of Sir Edward Fitton ...
