How old was Romeo?

The precise age of Romeo, from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is never explicitly mentioned in the play. We do know for certain that Juliet is just about to turn fourteen, and her mother feels it is high time to find her a husband. At this period in Europe, young people- especially the wealthy- were arranged to be married in their early teens. Based on the fact that Romeo is also of noble birth but has not yet been arranged a marriage, we can assume he is not much older than Juliet. In an arranged marriage, boys were typically a few years older than their brides. The minimum marriageable age for boys in Tudor times was fourteen, so Romeo was probably at least fourteen but no more than sixteen or seventeen.