Constance Holland

About

Playwright and wife of author Oscar Wilde, she stayed with him through his trial for indecency. She wrote There Was Once.

Before Fame

She met her husband on his visit through London.

Trivia

She had the misfortune of marrying a homosexual man at a time when homosexuality was punishable by law.

Family Life

She married Oscar Wilde, and they had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan.

Associated With

Although she never divorced Oscar Wilde, she did change her family's name to Holland during his trial to dissociate from him.