Edgar Allan Poe was 27 years old when he married his first cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm, who was 13 years old at the time.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was born on August 15, 1822.
Yes, Edgar Allan Poe married to Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe in 1836
Edgar Allan Poe married to Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe in 1836
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Virginia Eliza Clemm, Edgar Allan Poe's first cousin, was 13 when she married Poe on May 16, 1836, but the license said she was 21 while Poe was 27.
Yes, he married his first cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1836.
Edgar Allan Poe's wife, Virginia Clemm Poe, died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. She was also his first cousin, as they were married when she was 13 years old.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was and still is Edgar Allan Poe's true love.
Poe biographer Arthur Hobson Quinn places the marriage between March 14 and April 9, 1806, and probably between April 5th and April 9th.
That would be his wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe up until the time of her death from tuberculosis January 30, 1847 .
Edgar Allan Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835, when he was 27 and she was 13. She died in 1845.
That would be his wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe up until the time of her death from tuberculosis January 30, 1847 .