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Anne’s main legacy is named Elizabeth. On 7 September 1533 Anne went into labour to give birth to Henry’s long awaited son. The heir to the crown he had moved heaven and earth for was born just after 3pm – but it was a girl.
Queen Anne's legacy can be seen in her decoration of The Queen's Apartments, her transformation of the Chapel Royal and the East Front gardens at Hampton Court Palace. At Kensington Palace, she built The Orangery, as a greenhouse where she held balls.
- February 6, 1665
- July 30, 1714
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death in 1714. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
Jul 31, 2020 · Queen Anne (1665–1714) was the last of the Stuart monarchs, remembered for achieving the union of England and Scotland in 1707 and for bringing the War of the Spanish Succession to a conclusion.
Queen Anne lost 17 children, some through miscarriage, some who died young. At the time one of her key roles would have been to produce an heir, and her inability to do this changed the course of the royal family. Because Anne did not produce an heir, the Hanover dynasty began.
Her reign is remembered for the Union of England with Scotland in 1707, and the Duke of Marlborough's victories in Europe, as well as for the establishment of the General Post Office, the first daily newspaper and Queen Anne's Bounty, a fund set up to aid poor clergymen.
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Feb 8, 2019 · Harper's Bazaar asked a historian what we know about Queen Anne, the (until now) largely forgotten Stuart queen who is at the centre of Olivia Colman's new film The Favourite.
