Anne, Queen of Great Britain - Wikipedia
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death in 1714.
Anne | Biography, Reign, & Facts | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Oct 23, 2024 · Anne, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702–14) and the last Stuart monarch. Although she wished to rule independently, her intellectual limitations and chronic ill health caused her to rely heavily on her ministers.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain - World History Encyclopedia
Sep 16, 2022 · Anne reigned as Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1702 and then, following the 1707 Act of Union, over a united kingdom as Queen of Great Britain until her death in 1714. The last of the Stuart monarchs, Anne's reign witnessed the Spanish War of Succession which helped Britain establish itself as a major world power.
Life and reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Britannica
Anne, (born Feb. 6, 1665, London, Eng.—died Aug. 1, 1714, London), Queen of Great Britain (1702–14) and the last Stuart monarch. Second daughter of James II, who was overthrown by William III in 1688, Anne became queen on William’s death (1702).
Your guide to Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs
Jul 31, 2020 · Queen Anne (1665–1714) was the last of the Stuart monarchs, remembered for achieving the union of England and Scotland in 1707 and for bringing the War of the Spanish Succession to a conclusion.
Anne (r.1702-1714) - The Royal Family
In 1714, Queen Anne died, the last Stuart monarch. Sophia of Hanover had died only a few weeks previously, and so her eldest son George, Elector of Hanover became George I of Great Britain. Share this article:
Biography of Queen Anne, Britain's Forgotten Queen Regnant
Sep 28, 2018 · Queen Anne (born Lady Anne of York; February 6, 1655 – August 1, 1714) was the last monarch of Great Britain’s Stuart dynasty. Although her reign was marred by her health problems and she left no Stuart heirs, her era included the union of England and Scotland, as well as international events that helped Britain rise to prominence on the ...
BBC - History - Anne
Read a biography about Queen Anne - the last of the Stuart monarchs, and the first sovereign of Great Britain.
Queen Anne - The National Archives
Anne was born in 1665, the last Stuart Queen and the first monarch of Great Britain. Her parents were the heir in waiting, James II, Duke of York, and Anne Hyde. Her elder sister Mary was to...
The last of England's Stuart monarchs, Queen Anne - English …
Queen Anne. She spent the first part of her visit with her French grandmother, Henrietta Maria, but when the Dowager Queen died Anne went to live with her Aunt Henriette Anne, Duchess of Orleans, informally known in the family as 'Minette'. Minette was taken violently ill in 1670, and died soon after amongst rumours of poison.