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Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671) was the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII. Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry— Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon)—and met her future husband when they were both living in exile in the Netherlands.
Anne Hyde was a popular and charming woman who became pregnant by James, the future King of England, while he was still married to his brother's wife. She had to reveal their secret marriage and face the scandal and hostility of the court.
Mar 31, 2022 · Anne Hyde was the wife of James, duke of York, and the mother of two future kings. Learn how she influenced her husband's political and religious views, and why she is often overlooked in history.
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Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry— Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon)—and met her future husband when they were both living in exile in the Netherlands. She married James in 1660 and two months later gave birth to the couple's first child, who had been conceived out of wedlock.
Anne Hyde was born on March 12, 1638, at Cranbourne Lodge in Windsor, Berkshire, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hyde, later earl of Clarendon, and Frances Aylesbury . Edward Hyde was lord chancellor to King Charles II, who had spent his youth exiled in France. The English Civil War (1642–1649) had wrested the throne from the Stuart family ...
The entrance of Anne Hyde into the family of the Princess of Orange took place in the year 1655, in consequence of the sudden death of Mrs. Killigrew, one of the maids of honour to the princess. Lord Clarendon was at that time living with his wife and four children at Breda, in a house which the Princess Royal had assigned him; and was, in the ...
Anne, princess of Denmark (queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1702–14), oil painting by William Wissing, 1687. Anne was the second daughter of James, duke of York (King James II, 1685–88), and Anne Hyde. Although her father was a Roman Catholic, she was reared a Protestant at the insistence of her uncle, King Charles II.
