Queen Anne of Denmark, wife of King James I. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. In 1613 - the same year that Shakespeare retired - Queen Anne, the powerful wife of Shakespeare's ...

When William Shakespeare died he famously left his wife Anne only one thing: their 'second best bed'. But new infra-red analysis on Will's will claims this was far from a snub, but an act of love ...

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and married Anne Hathaway in 1582. They had three children. Shakespeare spent most of his professional life with an acting company in London ...