Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665 –1714) and Prince George of Denmark (1653 – 1708)


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Queen Anne
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714.
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Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (more...)
Reign: 8 March 1702 – 1 May 1707
Coronation: 23 April 1702
Predecessor: William III & II

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
Reign: 1 May 1707 – 1 August 1714
Successor: George I

Born: 6 February 1665
St James's Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: 1 August 1714 (aged 49)
Kensington Palace, Middlesex, England
Burial: 24 August 1714
Westminster Abbey
Spouse: Prince George of Denmark
​(m. 1683; died 1708)​
Issue:
Mary
Anne Sophia
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
Mary
George
House: Stuart
Father: James II & VII
Mother: Anne Hyde
Religion: Anglican
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain

Prince George
Prince George of Denmark (Danish: Jørgen; 2 April 1653 – 28 October 1708), was the husband of Queen Anne, who reigned over Great Britain from 1702 to 1714.

His marriage to Anne was arranged in the early 1680s with a view to developing an Anglo-Danish alliance to contain Dutch maritime power.
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Consort of the British monarch
Tenure: 8 March 1702 – 28 October 1708
Born: 2 April 1653
Copenhagen Castle, Denmark–Norway
Died: 28 October 1708 (aged 55)
Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial: 13 November 1708
Westminster Abbey
Spouse: Anne, Queen of Great Britain
​(m. 1683)​
Issue:
Mary
Anne Sophia
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
Mary
George
House: Oldenburg
Father: Frederick III of Denmark
Mother: Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Religion: Lutheran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Denmark

Anne with her husband, Prince George of Denmark, painted by Charles Boit, 1706.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...s_Boit,_Queen_Anne_and_Prince_George_crop.jpg

Statue of Prince George on Windsor Guildhall, erected 1713.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Statue_of_Prince_George_on_Windsor_Guildhall.jpg

Graves of Queen Anne and Prince George in Westminster Abbey:
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In The Kings and Queens of England Ian Crofton wrote:
At her accession, Queen Anne tried to create an image of a new Elizabeth, declaring, 'I know my own heart to be entirely English.'
 
The drama that went down during the life of Queen Anne
 
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