Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare)

For the actress, see Anne Hathaway.

Anne Hathaway is believed to have lived in this cottage as a child

Anne Hathaway (1555/56 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare. Little is known about her early life. Hathaway married Shakespeare in 1582 at the village of Temple Grafton, near Stratford-upon-Avon. She lived in Stratford all her life, even while Shakespeare was working and living in London. She died in Stratford on 6 August 1623 and is buried next to her husband in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare) Media

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  Hathaway family cottage near Stratford

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  Inscribed brass on Anne Shakespeare's tombstone in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon

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  Sonnet 145, with original spelling

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  A 19th-century German engraving depicting Shakespeare as a family man surrounded by his children, who listen entranced to his stories. His wife Anne is portrayed at the right sewing a garment.

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  Falstaff; part of the sculpture park in the cottage garden