who was shakespeare's wife

William Shakespeare’s wife was Anne Hathaway, an Englishwoman from near Stratford-upon-Avon who married him in 1582.

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• Her full name was Anne Hathaway, sometimes recorded as Agnes Hathwey in historical sources.

• She was probably born around 1556 in Shottery, a village near Stratford-upon-Avon.

• Anne married Shakespeare in November 1582, when she was about 26 and he was 18.

• She was already pregnant with their first child, Susanna, at the time of the wedding.

• The couple had three children: Susanna, and the twins Hamnet and Judith.

• Anne lived mainly in Stratford-upon-Avon while Shakespeare worked in London, and she outlived him by about seven years, dying in 1623.

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