Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe

Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm) (August 22, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of 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 and that they never consummated their marriage....

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  • Aug 22, 1822

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  • Jan 30, 1847

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  • Virginia Poe,
  • Virginia Clemm

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