We have no evidence whatsoever about this. They may not have "dated" in the sense that they planned to meet and go to a show or dinner together--it may have been a question of meeting and chatting and getting friendly at some harvest home festival or wedding or church service or other similar gathering of people.
They called her Susannah.
First and Only. He was only 18 when he married her.
Mary Arden was her name. And You can see for yourself at http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-mother-and-father.htmyou're welcome!
In orde to ensure their first child would be legally legitimate.
William Shakespeare married to Anne Hathaway in 1582
William Shakespeare had three children, his eldest daughter was called Susanna and his twins were named Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died when he was eleven.
Shakespeare's first child was Susanna born May 1583, conceived three months prior to her parents William Shakespeare and wife Anne Hathaway were married.
Nobody. Shakespeare was her first husband.
He was 18 years old. Anne was 26. Meaning there was a difference of 8 years between Shakespeare and Anne.
The only facts we have are that their first child was born six months after their marriage. They had a pair of twins, and Shakespeare left Anne his second best bed in his will.
William Shakespeare was married in November 1582 and his first child was born six months later.
Shakespeare, in 1616. Anne lived for another seven years.