Hamnet sadler biography sampler

Hamnet Shakespeare was the son of actor, theatre manager and playwright, William Shakespeare, the twin brother of Judith Shakespeare (later Quiney), and a young brother of Susanna Shakespeare (later Hall).

What we know about Hamnet Shakespeare

Hamnet Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in January 1585.

The twins (Hamnet and Judith) were baptized on 2 February 1585 and named after two very close friends of the Shakespeare’s: the Stratford baker, Hamnet Sadler, and his wife, Judith.

Hamnet was given the name ‘Sadler’ as a second name.

Hamnet died when he was eleven years old, in August 1596, due to unknown causes., It’s thought that he possibly died from the bubonic plague that killed around one-third of all children below the age of twelve in Elizabethan England.

Aside from these basic facts, little is known about the life of Hamnet Shakespeare.

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