Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What was William Shakespeare's wife's name?"
...Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare, the English poet, playwright and actor. The two were married in 1582, when he was 18 and she was 26 years old. Very little is known about Anne Hathaway, but her personality and relationship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by many historians. In his will, Shakespeare famously made only one bequest to his wife, his "second-best bed with the furniture". This bequest to Anne has often been interpreted as a slight, implying that Anne was in some sense only the "second best" person in his intimate life.
