Person:Anne of Great Britain (1)

Watchers
Queen Anne of Great Britain _____
  1. Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge1660 - 1661
  2. Mary II of England1662 - 1694
  3. James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge1663 - 1667
  4. Queen Anne of Great Britain _____1665 - 1714
  5. Charles Stuart, Duke of Kendal1666 - 1667
  6. Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge1667 - 1671
m. 28 Jul 1683
  1. Prince William _____, Duke of Gloucester1689 - 1700
Facts and Events
Name[2] Queen Anne of Great Britain _____
Alt Name[1][5] Lady Anne _____
Gender Female
Birth[1] 6 Feb 1665 St. James's Palace, London, England
Marriage 28 Jul 1683 St. James's Palace, London, Englandto Prince George of Denmark _____
Death[2] 1 Aug 1714 Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial[4] Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Reference Number? Q119702?


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Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. Anne continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714.

Anne was born in the reign of Charles II to his younger brother and heir presumptive, James, whose suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England. On Charles's instructions, Anne and her elder sister Mary were raised as Anglicans. Mary married their Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange, in 1677, and Anne married Prince George of Denmark in 1683. On Charles's death in 1685, James succeeded to the throne, but just three years later he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Mary and William became joint monarchs. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status, and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After Mary's death in 1694, William reigned alone until his own death in 1702, when Anne succeeded him.

During her reign, Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until 1710 when Anne dismissed many of them from office. Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences. The Duchess took revenge with an unflattering description of the Queen in her memoirs, which was widely accepted by historians until Anne was reassessed in the late 20th century.

Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite 17 pregnancies, she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Gregg, Edward. Queen Anne. (Routledge, 1984)
    pg. 4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gregg, Edward. Queen Anne. (Routledge, 1984)
    pg. 394.
  3.   Anne of Great Britain, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  4. Anne I, in Find A Grave.
  5. The moniker Lady Anne applied from birth to ascension to the throne.