Hamnet Shakespeare

Hamnet Shakespeare
Born
Baptised2 February 1585
DiedBuried 11 August 1596 (aged 11)
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
NationalityEnglish
Parent(s)William Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway
Baptism record of Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare 1585
Hamnet's death record

Hamnet Shakespeare (baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare.[1][2][3][4] He died at the age of 11. Some Shakespearean scholars speculate on the relationship between Hamnet and his father's later play Hamlet,[5] as well as on possible connections between Hamnet's death and the writing of King John, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Twelfth Night.

  1. ^ Chambers 1930a, p. 18.
  2. ^ Schoenbaum 1987, p. 94.
  3. ^ Chambers 1930a, p. 21.
  4. ^ Schoenbaum 1987, p. 224.
  5. ^ Dexter 2008, pp. 34–6.