Anne d innocenzio biography of william shakespeare

Wife of William Shakespeare

For other people named Anne Hathaway, see Anne Hathaway (disambiguation).

Anne Shakespeare (néeHathaway; 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.

Anne d innocenzio biography of william shakespeare

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.

Life

Anne Hathaway is believed to have grown up in Shottery, a village just to the west of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

She is assumed to have grown up in the farmhouse that was the Hathaway family home, which is located at Shottery and is now a major tourist attraction for the village. Her father, Richard Hathaway, was a yeoman far