Hamnet Shakespeare | |
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![]() A 19th-century engraving imagining Shakespeare's family life. Hamnet stands behind Shakespeare, left of centre. | |
Born | Stratford-upon-Avon, England |
Baptised | 2 February 1585 |
Died | Buried 11 August 1596 (aged 11) Stratford-upon-Avon, England |
Nationality | English |
Parent(s) | William Shakespeare Anne Hathaway |
Hamnet Shakespeare (baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare.[1][2][3][4] He died at the age of 11. Some Shakespearean scholars speculate on the relationship between Hamnet and his father's later play Hamlet,[5] as well as on possible connections between Hamnet's death and the writing of King John, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Twelfth Night.