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  1. 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 ...

  2. Jul 1, 2017 · Anna Sophie's piety and example were not enough to present her only legitimate grandson from converting when he reached adulthood, the Polish throne was a rich enticement after all, and he was the only legitimate child of his father. Alas, Anna Sophie did not live long enough to see her grandson become Augustus III.

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  3. Nov 26, 2021 · Anna of Denmark has, in recent years, undergone scholarly reappraisal. In place of the vain, stupid woman scorned by Victorian and many 20 th century commentators (who appear to have expected a Queen Consort to be as classically-educated and -fixated as a Queen Regnant), there has emerged a woman at the forefront of literary, visual, and ...

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  5. Jan 14, 2024 · Mary and Frederik met at the Slipp Inn, a Sydney bar, during the 2000 Olympic Games. He was with the now King Felipe VI of Spain (then the Prince of Asturias), who knew Mary’s roommate. The Prince and Mary, an advertising executive, hit it off. A long-distance relationship soon began.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Anna Sophie's father died on 9 February 1670 and was succeeded by her elder brother, Christian V, with whom she held a very active correspondence and discussed political matters. She visited Denmark that year and expressed her sympathy for the imprisoned Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, her half aunt. In 1680, Anna Sophie became Electress of Saxony.

  8. Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark and Norway was the eldest daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Electress of Saxony from 1680 to 1691 as the wife of John George III.