Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)

For other people named Anne Hathaway, see Anne Hathaway (disambiguation).
Anne Hathaway
This drawing by Nathaniel Curzon, dated 1708, purportedly depicts Anne Hathaway. Samuel Schoenbaum writes that it is probably a tracing of a lost Elizabethan portrait, but there is no existing evidence that the portrait actually depicted Hathaway.[1]
Born1556 (1556)
Shottery, England
Died6 August 1623(1623-08-06) (aged 66–67)
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
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(m. 1582; died 1616)​
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Anne Shakespeare (née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623), commonly known as Anne Hathaway, 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 documents. Her personality and relationship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by many historians and writers.

  1. ^ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1987). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life (Revised ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 92, 240. ISBN 0-19-505161-0.