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Three children were born to Hathaway and her husband: Susanna in 1583 and the twins Hamnet and Judith in 1585. Hamnet died at 11 years old during one of the frequent outbreaks of the bubonic plague and was buried in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 August 1596.
When Anne Hathaway married and became Anne Shakespeare in 1582 she went to live with her husband in his parents’ house in Henley Street, Stratford upon Avon. Anne gave birth to children – two daughters and a son. Their first child was daughter Susanna born in 1583 , six months after William and Anne got married.
- Susanna Shakespeare
- Hamnet Shakespeare
- Judith Shakespeare
On 5 June 1607, Susanna married Dr John Hall, a well known and prosperous Stratford physician. Susanna’s marriage to John Hall likely pleased Shakespeare tremendously, for Shakespeare appointed John and Susanna executors of his will. Susanna moved into Hall’s Croft – John Hall’s family homeafter the wedding, and on 21 February 1608 gave birth to Wi...
Little is known about Hamnet Shakespeare. He was probably raised principally by his mother Anne in the Henley Street house belonging to his grandfather. By the time Hamnet was four, his father was already a London playwright, and as William Shakespeare’s popularity grew over the years, he was likely not regularly at home in Stratford with his famil...
Unlike Susanna, Shakespeare’s daughter Judith appears to have led something of a less upstanding life. Judith married a vintner called Thomas Quiney in February 1616 which brought scandal onto William Shakespeare. Thomas Quiney did not receive the necessary license for a wedding during Lent before he and Judith got married, and so the couple were e...
Nov 17, 2019 · Children. Six months after the marriage, their first daughter Susanna was born. Twins, Hamnet and Judith soon followed in 1585. Hamnet died at age 11, and four years later Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, a play that may have been inspired by the grief of losing his son.
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Aug 2, 2024 · Anne Hathaway 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 inscription on her.
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William Shakespeare and Anne (Hathaway) had Three children. Their first child was Susanna, born in May 1583, six months after William and Anne got married. Susanna was christened on 26 May 1583.
All we can say with certainty is that they married, had three children together, Susanna, Judith and Hamnet, and they remained married until Shakespeare’s death in 1616. Upon his death, Shakespeare left his ‘second best bed’ to Anne in his will.
