What is Emilia Lanier's full name?
Aemilia Bassano
Emilia Lanier nickname(s):
Emilia Lanyer
Emilia Lanier date of birth:
1569
How old was Emilia Lanier when died?
76
When did Emilia Lanier die?
1645
Emilia Lanier body shape:
Average
What color are Emilia Lanier's eyes?
Brown - Light
What color is Emilia Lanier's hair?
Brown - Dark
Is Emilia Lanier gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Emilia Lanier?
Jewish
What is Emilia Lanier's ethnicity?
White
What is Emilia Lanier nationality?
Italian
Short Biography
Emilia Lanier, also spelled Lanyer, (1569–1645) was the first Englishwoman to assert herself as a professional poet through her single volume of poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611). Born Aemilia Bassano and part of the Lanier family tree, she was a member of the minor gentry through her father's appointment as a royal musician, and was apparently educated in the household by Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent. She was for several years the mistress of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, first cousin of Elizabeth I of England. She was married to court musician Alfonso Lanier in 1592 when she became pregnant by Hunsdon, and the marriage was reportedly unhappy.