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Wriothesley, Henry (3rd Earl of Southampton)
Born: 1573 AD
Died: 1624 AD, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Died: 1624 AD, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
English courtier, soldier, and literary patron
patron of William Shakespeare
dedicatee of Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" 1593 and "The Rape of Lucrece" 1594
with initials transposing to W. H., considered possible dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets 1609
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