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The Connections of William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet, the most performed dramatist in history Every person recorded alongside William Shakespeare in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside William Shakespeare in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- John Shakespeare, Mary Shakespeare
- Spouses
- Anne Hathaway
- Children
- Susanna Hall, Hamnet Shakespeare, Judith Quiney
- Siblings
- Joan Shakespeare, Edmund Shakespeare, Gilbert Shakespeare, Richard Shakespeare, Anne Shakespeare, Margaret Shakespeare, Joan Shakespeare
- Influenced by
- Plutarch, Christopher Marlowe, Ovid, Seneca the Younger, Plautus, Thomas Kyd
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1564 to 1616.
Early Modern era
Christoph Jentzsch
April 13, 1599 – April 25, 1648
Historical figure
Early Modern era
Teresa of Avila
March 28, 1515 – October 15, 1582
Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
Early Modern era
John Calvin
July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
Early Modern era
Elizabeth I
September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603
Queen whose reign made England a global power and cultural beacon
Early Modern era
Mary, Queen of Scots
December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587
Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 (1542–1587)
Early Modern era
Philip II of Spain
May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598
King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
Early Modern era
Ivan the Terrible
August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584
Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584
Early Modern era
Gustavus Adolphus
December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632
Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)
Early Modern era
Oliver Cromwell
April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
Early Modern era
Akbar
October 15, 1542 – October 15, 1605
The third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
Early Modern era
Shah Jahan
January 15, 1592 – January 22, 1666
The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
Early Modern era
Oda Nobunaga
June 23, 1534 – June 21, 1582
Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)