Emilia Lanier
English poet
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Emilia Lanier, née Aemilia Bassano, was an English poet and the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum. Attempts have been made to equate her with Shakespeare's "Dark Lady". Wikipedia
Born: January 1569, Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1645 (age 76 years), London, United Kingdom
Parents: Margret Johnson and Baptiste Bassano
Children: Henry Lanyer and Odillya Lanyer
Spouse: Alfonso Lanier (m. 1592–1613)
Movement: English Renaissance
