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Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Before this, she was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
- 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714
- Anne Hyde
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 16, 2022 · Definition. 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.
- Mark Cartwright
Anne, oil on canvas by James E. Cooper, c. 1720. 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). Though she wished to rule independently, her ...
Portrait of Queen Anne from the school of John Closterman ... and the first sovereign of Great Britain. Anne was born on 6 February 1665 in London, the second daughter of James, Duke of York ...
The United Kingdom of Great Britain was created during her reign by the Union of England and Scotland. Anne herself created ‘Queen Anne’s Bounty’ which restored to the Church an increase in the incomes of the poorer clergy, a fund raised from the tithes which Henry VIII had taken for his own use.
Anne (r. 1702-1714) On William's death in 1702, his sister-in-law Anne (Protestant younger daughter of James II and his first wife) succeeded him. Within months, another war in Europe had started (the War of the Spanish Succession), which was to overshadow most of Anne's reign. A series of military victories by John Churchill, Duke of ...