Who was Edgar Allan Poe engaged to?

Answer 1

Virginia Eliza Clemm, his 13-year-old first cousin. The marriage license was filed in Baltimore, Maryland on September 22nd, 1835, at which time the couple may also have been secretly married. The public ceremony took place on May 16th, 1836 in Richmond, Virginia. She died of tuberculosis on January 30, 1847.
Edgar Allan Poe was never formally adopted, but John and Frances Allan did take him in after the death of his mother.

Answer 2

In order, Poe was engaged to:
Sarah Elmira Royster (did not marry, her father wold not approve)
Virginia Clemm (married, She died in 1847)
Sarah Helen Whitman (she broke it off when Poe would not refrain from drinking)
Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, widowed in 1844 (did not marry due to Poe's death)

Answer 3

Poe was first engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster, however, her parents would not approve of the marriage. Then he was engaged to and married Virginia Clemm. After his wife's death he was briefly engaged to Sarah Helen Whitman, however she broke it off when Poe did not refrain from drinking. After that he was engaged again to Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, who had married Alexander Shelton, who died in 1844. Poe died before they were ever married.

Poe was married only once, to his underaged cousin. Her untimely death is said to have motivated his morbid-romance love poem Annabel Lee. However the girl"s name was Virginia Clem. I can"t see any semantic connection .

Answer 4

Edgar Allan Poe married Virginia Eliza Clemm in a public ceremony on May 16, 1836 in Richmond, Virginia by Reverend Amasa Converse, a Presbyterian Minister who was also the editor of the Southern Religious Telegraph. They had obtained the marriage license in Baltimore, Maryland on September 22, 1835 when they may have also been secretly married.

Answer 5

Edgar Allan Poe married Virginia Clemm, his cousin. He never remarried due to strong feelings about her. She was the one for him.

Poe never remarried, but it was not because Virginia was "the one for him" however romantic that may sound. In fact there were two other women Poe became engaged to between Virginia's death on January 30, 1847 and his own on October 7, 1849. In November 1848, Poe became engaged to Sarah Helen Whitman from New England, however she broke it off. Then Poe went back to his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, now widowed. They had been engaged to marry many years before Poe married Virginia. Poe proposed to her and she accepted after thinking about it for awhile. Unfortunately for Poe, he died before they could be married.
He married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm.
he had a wife who eventually died of tuberculosis

Answer 6

Virginia Clemm Poe was the name of Poe's first and only wife.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the only wife of Edgar Allan Poe.
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was his 1st and only love<3

Answer 7

Edgar Allan Poe was engaged to Elmira Royster Shelton, who was his childhood sweetheart. They rekindled their romance in their adulthood and were engaged at the time of Poe's death.

Answer 8

His only wife was his cousin Virginia Clemm.

Answer 9

Poe had only one wife.