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      • Initially resented, Anne earned the love and popularity of England over the years. She was gentle and kind in nature, wielding considerable influence over her husband by interceding on behalf of others who displeased him.
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  2. Anne was plagued by poor health throughout her life, and from her thirties she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite 17 pregnancies, she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart.

  3. Sep 11, 2018 · Good Queen Anne or Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394) was Queen of England from 1382-1394 as the wife of King Richard II of England (1367-1400; king from 1377-1399). Here, we tell you about Anne’s life, the many good deeds she did, the positive influence she had on Richard, and how both she and Richard II

  4. www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figuresBBC - History - Anne

    Anne became their heir and with the death of Mary (1694) and then William, with no children, in 1702 Anne was queen. Within months, the War of the Spanish Succession began.

  5. www.historic-uk.com › HistoryofBritain › Queen-AnneQueen Anne - Historic UK

    Queen Anne (1665 – 1714) was the last of the Stuarts, the second daughter of James II and his first wife Ann Hyde. She was shy, conscientious, stout, gouty, shortsighted and very small. Anne did not have a particularly happy married life.

  6. Oct 23, 2024 · Anne became queen upon Williams death in March 1702. From the first she was motivated largely by an intense devotion to the Anglican church. She detested Roman Catholics and Dissenters and sympathized with High Church Tories.

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  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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