What is John Shakespeare?
[[File:Shakespeare1COA.png|thumb|260x260px|Coat of Arms of The Shakespeare Family]] '''Sir John Shakespeare II''' (c. 1530-September 1601) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was [[William Shakespeare|Sir William Shakespeare]]'s father and husband of Mary Arden. [[File:John Cheere's Shakespeare (20787546724).jpg|thumb|315x315px|Statue of Sir John Shakespeare II]] Sir John Shakespeare II was the son of English nobleman Sir Richard Shakespeare I (1490-1561) and Abigail Webb (1493-1565), John II was named after his paternal grandfather the English politician Sir John Shakespeare I (1460-1521), John II great-grandfather was the English politician Sir Thomas Shakespeare (1430-1511). {{William Shakespeare|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shakespeare, John}} [[Category:1530s births]] [[Category:1601 deaths]] [[Category:People from Stratford-upon-Avon]] {{bio-stub}}