Mary Fitton
(1578-1647)
16th/17th-century English gentlewoman and maid of honour to Elizabeth I of England
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Mary Fitton (or Fytton) (baptised 24 June 1578 – 1647) was an Elizabethan gentlewoman who became a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth. She is noted for her scandalous affairs with William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, and others. She is considered by some to be the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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Mary Fitton 1578 Gawsworth, Cheshire
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1647 (aged 68)
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