Mary Arden
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- For the English Court of Appeal judge, see Mary Arden (judge)
Mary Arden (c.
1540-
1608) was the mother of
William Shakespeare. She most likely married
John Shakespeare in 1557. The Ardens were a prominent
Warwickshire family. She was the youngest of eight daughters of Robert Arden, and she inherited her father's
farm and
land when he died.
Mary gave birth to eight children: Joan, Margaret, William, Gilbert, June, Anne, Richard, and Edmund.
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