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Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27.
Learn about the life and death of Virginia Clemm Poe, the cousin and wife of Edgar Allan Poe. Read her poems, his letters, and their stories of love and loss.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the wife of the famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe. This biography profiles her childhood, marriage, family life, death, timeline and other facts.
Am 16. Mai 1836 heiratete Poe in Richmond offiziell seine Cousine ersten Grades Virginia Eliza Clemm (15. August 1822–30. Januar 1847). Eine Hochzeit zwischen Cousin und Cousine, also nahen Verwandten, war zu dieser Zeit zwar in den Südstaaten legitim, wurde aber dennoch kritisch gesehen.
Learn about the mysterious and tragic marriage of Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Eliza Clemm, who eloped in 1835 and died of tuberculosis in 1847. Discover how their relationship influenced Poe's stories and poems, and how he coped with her illness and death.
- Freddie Moore
Virginia Clemm Poe. Although Virginia and Edgar Allan Poe’s relationship was very controversial, Virginia inspired much of Poe’s writing, especially after her death.
Even though Virginia Clemm Poe lived until the age of twenty-four, she is still frequently referred to as Poe’s “child-wife,” as if she were forever thirteen. The nature of the relationship between Poe and his bride has long been a matter of speculation.
