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e. Anne of Denmark ( Danish: Anna; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I. She was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619. [1] The second daughter of King Frederick II of ...
The denouement of Mary and Elizabeth’s decades-long power struggle is easily recalled by even the most casual of observers: On February 8, 1587, the deposed Scottish queen knelt at an execution ...
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Gustrow, Queen of Denmark (1557 - 1631) by Hans Kneiper. Anne, her older sister, Elizabeth, and her brother (later Christian IV), spent their first years with their maternal grandparents in Gustrow, a town now in the West Pomeranian region of Germany. In 1579, aged nearly five, she returned to her parents’ court.
Tragically, the handsome and athletic Prince died of typhoid in 1612 aged eighteen. Anne was devastated. Princess Elizabeth was born on 19 August 1596, and named after her godmother, the English Queen. The Princess later married Frederick, Elector Palatine, to become the ancestors of the Hanoverian kings.
Anne of Denmark (1574–1619). Danish princess, queen of Scotland, first queen consort of Great Britain, and patron of the arts. Name variations: Anna of Denmark. Born Anna at Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, Denmark, on December 12 (some sources cite October 14), 1574; died at Hampton Court, near London, on March 2 or 4, 1619; interred at Westminster Abbey, London; daughter of Frederick II (b ...
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Abstract. In 1589, Anna of Denmark (1574–1619), married King James VI & I (1566–1625) to become queen consort of the multiple Stuart kingdom and the mother of the future King of Britain. A Danish princess and member of the Oldenburg dynasty, Anna provided James with crucial access to multiple, prestigious networks that extended beyond her ...
The second daughter of Frederik II of Denmark-Norway (1534–1588) and Soe of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557–1631), Anna was born at Skanderborg Castle in Jutland, Denmark on 12 December 1574. She spent the majority of her childhood, along with her older sister, Elisabeth (1573–1625), and her younger brother, the future Christian IV
