Queen anne of great britain biography

Queen Anne lived from 6 February 1665 to 1 August 1714. She became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702 on the death of her brother-in-law, William III/II. On 1 May 1707, when England and Scotland united into a single kingdom, Anne became the first sovereign of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Anne was the last monarch of the House of Stuart, which had ruled Scotland since 1371.

Anne was born in St James's Palace in London, the second daughter of James, Duke of York (later to be James VII/II and his first wife, Lady Anne Hyde. She and her elder sister Mary (later to be Mary II) were the only two of eight children to survive into adulthood. In 1673 the conversion to Catholicism of the Duke of York became public knowledge, though her uncle Charles II instructed that both Anne and her sister Mary should be brought up as Protestants.

On 28 July 1683, Anne married the Protestant Prince George of Denmark, b

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Anne (1665 - 1714)

Portrait of Queen Anne from the school of John Closterman  ©Anne was the last of the Stuart monarchs, and the first sovereign of Great Britain.

Anne was born on 6 February 1665 in London, the second daughter of James, Duke of York, brother of Charles II. She spent her early years in France living with her aunt and grandmother. Although Anne's father was a Catholic, on the instruction of Charles II Anne and her sister Mary were raised as Protestants. In 1683, Anne married Prince George of Denmark. It was to be a happy marriage, although marred by Anne's frequent miscarriages, still births and the death of children in infancy.

In 1685, Anne's father James became king. He was overthrown in 1688 and Anne's sister Mary, and her Dutch husband William, took the throne. Anne became their heir and with the death of Mary (1694) and then William, with no children, in 1702 Anne was queen. Within months, the War of the Spanish Succession began. A series of military v

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The reign of William III and Mary II was one of the more well-known examples of Britain having joint ruling monarchs. They had no heirs, however, which meant Queen Anne would ascend to the throne when her sister, Queen Mary II, died. This event reinstated a single monarch in Britain.

Anne remained loyal to her Protestant faith and supported her cousin and sister’s program to remove her father from the throne.

Queen Anne was the last Stuart to rule in British history. Her death was the conclusion of the enduring Stuart Dynasty.

Queen Anne married a Danish prince, George, who held the title of Lord High Admiral.

Queen Anne was pregnant 17 times. Most of her pregnancies resulted in stillbirths, and the ones who were born alive never survived to adulthood.

At the beginning of her reign, Queen Anne ruled over England, Scotland, and Ireland as three separate entities. bygd the end of her reign, she had successfully united the three territories, forming what we know today as Gre