Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe

Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Some biographers have suggested that the couple's relationship was more like that between brother and sister than like husband and wife in that they may have never consummated their marriage. Beginning in January 1842, she struggled with tuber... more

Date of birth:

  • Aug 15, 1822

Date of death:

  • Jan 30, 1847 (age 24 years)

Country of nationality:

Also known as:

  • Virginia Poe,
  • Virginia Clemm
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