ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -At 18, William married a local woman, Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than him. Anne was three months pregnant on their wedding day, so six months later she gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Susanna. And two years after Susanna, twins were born, Hamnet and Judith, a boy and a girl.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anne and William’s first daughter, Susanna, was born six months after their marriage, and they would go on to have twins Judith and Hamnet a few years later. Read the article, ‘How Many Children did Shakespeare Have?

Detailed explanation-3: -Judith was William Shakespeare’s second daughter and Hamnet’s twin sister. She was named after Judith Sadler, a friend of the Shakespeare family. At age 31, Judith married Thomas Quiney, the 26 year old son of a prominent local family. The pair were married in Lent of 1616.

Detailed explanation-4: -William Shakespeare and his wife Anne had three children. The eldest, Susanna, was baptised on 26 May 1583. They also had twins, Judith and Hamnet, baptised on 2 February 1585. Shakespeare had four grandchildren who all died without heirs, so there are no direct descendants of his line today.

Detailed explanation-5: -Little is known about Hamnet. Hamnet and his twin sister Judith were born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised on 2 February 1585 in Holy Trinity Church by Richard Barton of Coventry.