Tuberculosis.
Edgar Allan Poe was 27 years old when he married his first cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm, who was 13 years old at the time.
Edgar Allan Poe married to Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe in 1836
Yes, Edgar Allan Poe married to Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe in 1836
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was and still is Edgar Allan Poe's true love.
That would be his wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe up until the time of her death from tuberculosis January 30, 1847 .
His wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and probably his brother, William Henry Leonard Poe.
That would be his wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe up until the time of her death from tuberculosis January 30, 1847 .
Yes, he married his first cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1836.
Virginia Eliza Clemm, Edgar Allan Poe's first cousin, was 13 when she married Poe on May 16, 1836, but the license said she was 21 while Poe was 27.
Yes, Poe's wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, died of consumption (tuberculosis) at age twenty-four on January 30, 1847.
Edgar Allan Poe's wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, died of tuberculosis (Consumption) on 30 January 1847 at age 24. One day while she was playing the piano she started coughing uncontrollably and a vein in her throat burst. She survived, but five years later she most likely died from the effects of tuberculosis.