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Judith Quiney. Anne Shakespeare ( née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in 1582, when Hathaway was 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18. She outlived her husband by seven years. Very little is known about her life beyond a few references in legal ...
- 1556, Shottery, England
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- 6 August 1623 (aged 66–67), Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s Wife. Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, was born in 1556. Shakespeare was eight years younger than her. When they married in 1582 he was eighteen years old and she was twenty-six years old. She was pregnant at the time and whatever their relationship was like – which we don’t know anything about – he had ...
Anne Hathaway (born c. 1556—died Aug. 6, 1623, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Eng.) was the wife of William Shakespeare. She was probably born at Shottery, near Stratford, the daughter of Richard Hathaway, a local landowner. She was married to Shakespeare in November 1582, when he was 18 and when she, according to the sole evidence of an ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 17, 2019 · Shotgun Marriage. Anne Hathaway married William Shakespeare in November 1582. She was 26, and he was 18. The couple lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, which is roughly 100 miles northwest of London. It appears the two had a shotgun wedding. Evidently, they conceived a child out of wedlock and a wedding was arranged despite the fact that marriages ...
- Lee Jamieson
Apr 26, 2023 · After Shakespeare’s death, Anne lived for another seven years, dying in 1623 aged 67. She was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare is also buried. The only surviving image that may depict Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare.
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Aug 1, 2023 · A new collection of poetry about Anne Hathaway has been published to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare’s wife on August 6, 1623. The editors of Anne-thology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare share their take on Anne Hathaway’s life and why she deserves a book of her own.
Apr 7, 2023 · The play, an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling 2020 novel “Hamnet,” is named for the Shakespeares’ only son, who died at age 11 in 1596, for reasons unknown. His father ...
