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When was Susanna born?

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Just so, when was Shakespeare's first child born?

Their first child was Susanna, born a mere six months after the wedding of her parents. She was christened on May 26, 1583, and twins arrived in January, 1585.

Additionally, how did Shakespeare's daughter Hamnet died? There were constant outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague, otherwise known as the Black Death or the Black Plague, during Elizabethan times and in 1596 Hamnet contracted the deadly disease and died at the age of eleven. Shakespeare's son Hamnet was buried in Stratford on August 11, 1596.

Subsequently, one may also ask, how old was Susanna Shakespeare when she died?

66 years (1583–1649)

Who was Shakespeare's daughter?

Judith Quiney Susanna Hall

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