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Hamnet Shakespeare (baptized February 2 1585 – buried August 11 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare.[1][2][3][4] Relatively little is known about the short life of this child, who might have carried on the Shakespeare family name had he survived to adulthood.[4]

Hamnet and his twin sister Judith were born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptized on February 2 1585 in Holy Trinity Church by Richard Barton of Coventry.[4] The twins were likely named after friends of their parents, Hamnet Sadler, a baker, and his wife, Judith.[4]

There is very little information about Hamnet's upbringing. He may have been raised principally by his mother Anne in the Henley Street house belonging to his grandfather, or he may have joined his father in London; the evidence does not tell us either way.

Hamnet died at the age of eleven and was buried in Stratford on August 11 1596.[4][4] Speculation that grief over his only son's death may have spurred Shakespeare to write the tragedy Hamlet is in all likelihood incorrect; the name of the character in the play has a different derivation.[5]

References

1. ^ Chambers, Edmund Kerchever (1930). William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. Oxford: Clarendon Press, I. p.18. “A daughter Susanna was baptized on 26 May 1583, and followed by twins, Hamnet and Judith, on 2 February 1585. Guesses at godparents are idle where common names, such as Shakespeare's own, are concerned. But those of the twins, which are unusual, point to Hamnet or Hamlet Sadler, a baker of Stratford, and his wife Judith. 
2. ^ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1977). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, p.94. “[…] the twins were christened […] on 2 February 1585. Richard Barton of Coventry […] officiated[.] 
3. ^ Chambers, Edmund Kerchever (1930). William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. Oxford: Clarendon Press, I. p.21. “[…] Hamnet was buried at Stratford on 11 August 1596. 
4. ^ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1977). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, p.224. “[…] the parish register records the burial of […] Hamnet, aged eleven and a half. His death doomed the male line of the Shakespeares to extinction. 
5. ^ Chambers, Edmund Kerchever (1930). William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. Oxford: Clarendon Press, ii. p.3-4. “The resemblance of the name to that of the hero of Shakespeare's tragedy, which has a different Scandinavian origin, can hardly be more than a coincidence. 

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Anne Hathaway (1556 – August 6, 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare. Little is known about her.
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Judith Quiney (née Shakespeare) (baptised February 2 1585 – buried February 9 1662) was the daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Hamnet Shakespeare.
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Judith Quiney (née Shakespeare) (baptised February 2 1585 – buried February 9 1662) was the daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Hamnet Shakespeare.
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Hamlet is a tragedy and revenge play by William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known works, one of the most-quoted writings in the English language[1] and is universally included on lists of the world's greatest books.
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Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866–1954) was an English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. His four-volume history of Elizabethan theater, published in 1923, remains a standard resource for scholars of the period's drama.
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Samuel Schoenbaum (6 March 1927 – 27 March 1996) was a leading 20th century Shakespearean biographer and scholar.

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Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866–1954) was an English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. His four-volume history of Elizabethan theater, published in 1923, remains a standard resource for scholars of the period's drama.
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Samuel Schoenbaum (6 March 1927 – 27 March 1996) was a leading 20th century Shakespearean biographer and scholar.

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Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866–1954) was an English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. His four-volume history of Elizabethan theater, published in 1923, remains a standard resource for scholars of the period's drama.
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William Shakespeare

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Richard Shakespeare (1490 – 1561)[1] was a native of Snitterfield. He is believed to have been the father of John Shakespeare and thus the grandfather of William Shakespeare.
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John Shakespeare (c. 1530 – September 1601) was a glover, farmer and alderman in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was the father of William Shakespeare. As with his son William, only a limited amount is known about John Shakespeare's life.
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Mary Arden (c. 1540 – 1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was the daughter of Mary Webb and Robert Arden. The Ardens were a prominent Warwickshire family. She was the youngest of eight daughters, and she inherited her father's farm and land when he died.
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Anne Hathaway (1556 – August 6, 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare. Little is known about her.
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Susanna Hall (née Shakespeare) (November 1582 – 1648), was the eldest child of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway.

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John Hall (died 1635) was a physician and son-in-law of William Shakespeare.

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