The PEDIGREE of
William `the Bard' SHAKESPEARE

     greatest writer in history; (Michael Hart shows, instead, Edward de Vere, q.v., as the great writer, and thus 31st most influential person in history, but most experts agree that Shakespeare indeed wrote the works credited to him)

    Note: Ranked #31 in Michael Hart's list of History's Most Influential Persons

     Born:  Stratford 1564    Died:  1616 Stratford


Male.
 Wife/Partner:       Anne Hathaway
 Children:       Susanna   ;   Judith   ;   Hamnet (d. young)
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/-- Richard SHAKESPEARE  (? - 1560?)
/-- John SHAKESPEARE  (Stratford ? - 1601)
| \  /-- John Alexander WEBB  (1484 - ?)
/  \-- poss.  Abigail WEBB  (1515 - 1595?)
- William `the Bard' SHAKESPEARE
\   /-- Henry (Sir?) de ARDEN   +==&=> [ 230 ,wHG,rv,&]
|  /-- Ralph (Sir?) de ARDEN  (? - 1421?)
|  /  \-- poss.  Helena
|  /-- poss.  Robert de ARDEN  (1413? - 1452?)
|  /  \-- poss.  Sibel de BELGRAVE   +====> [ 11]
|  /-- Walter (of Park Hall) ARDEN  (? - 1502?)
|  /  \-- poss.  Elizabeth CLODSHALL   +====> [ 2]
|  /-- Thomas (of Wilmcote) ARDEN  (? - 1547?)
|  | \  /-- John HAMPDEN   +==&=> [ 228 ,whaGC,rv,&]
|  | \-- Eleanor HAMPDEN
|  /   \-- Elizabeth WHALESBOROUGH   +==&=> [ 236 ,WHa,RvX,&]
| /-- Robert (of Wilmcote) ARDEN  (1497? - 1557)
| | \  /-- Richard BRACEBRIGG
| | \-- poss.  Alice BRACEBRIGG
| /   | or: Eustacia
\-- Mary ARDEN  (? - 1608)
\  /-- Thomas ANDREWS
\-- poss.  Maria ANDREWS
| or: poss. Abigail WEBB, q.v.
 

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