At about eighteen AL
became mistress to Lord Chamberlain Hunsdon
(soldier, courtier, and patron of Shakespeare
's company), who was forty-five years her senior. In this capacity she lived richly.
Woods, Susanne, and Aemilia Lanyer. “Introduction”. The Poems of Aemilia Lanyer, Oxford University Press, 1993, p. xv - li.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Family and Intimate relationships
Aemilia Lanyer
Because Aemilia Bassano
was pregnant by him, Lord Hunsdon
arranged her marriage (at St Botolph, Aldgate) to another court musician, Alfonso Lanyer
.
Woods, Susanne, and Aemilia Lanyer. “Introduction”. The Poems of Aemilia Lanyer, Oxford University Press, 1993, p. xv - li.
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Occupation
William Shakespeare
From spring 1599 the company acted at the rebuilt Globe in Southwark, on the south bank of the Thames. From 1594 the company was known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men
, and acted...