The Personal Life of a British Poet

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564

Since children were usually baptized two days after they were born he was born on April 24, 1564

He was born In Warwickshire, England

Birth

Shakespeare’s father was John Shakespeare

John was the alderman and ballif John’s real job was a glove maker Shakespeare’s mother was Mary

This might be a picture of his father

Parents

William was one of four brothers and four sisters

His sisters were Joan, Margaret, Joan, and Anne

His brothers including him were William, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund

Siblings

Shakespeare stayed with a French Huguenot family called Mountjoy

While he was there he was a soldier for this family

Getting Older

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at age 18

They didn’t have a very good marriage, but they remained married until they died

Marriage

Shakespeare had three children, Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith

Susanna was born on May 26th, 1583 Hamnet and Judith were baptized on

February 2nd

Hamnet died in 1596 at age 11 without his father

Susanna married Quiney’s son Thomas

Children

Shakespeare moved to London without his family, but he sent them money to keep them on their feet

Moving

Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 of sickness or natural causes

William was eventually buried in the Stratford tithes chancel of its parish church because he bought a share of the Stratford tithes

Death