page_title: Lady Mary Wroth
hierarchical_section_title: Lady Mary Wroth
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651/3), English poet, holding a theorbo.
context_page_description: Lady Mary Wroth was an English poet of the Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney, and to Sir Philip Sidney, a famous Elizabethan poet-courtier.
context_section_description: Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653) was an English poet of the Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney (Countess of Pembroke and one of the most distinguished women writers and patrons of the 16th century), and to Sir Philip Sidney, a famous Elizabethan poet-courtier.
caption: Portrait of Lady Mary Wroth
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