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Anne Hyde

Anne Hyde

Female 1637 - 1671  (34 years)

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  1. 1.  Anne HydeAnne Hyde was born on 12 Mar 1637 in Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 31 Mar 1671 in London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Notes:

    Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671)[a] was Duchess of York and of Albany as the first wife of the future King James II of England. Originally Anglican, her father was a lawyer. Anne married James in 1660 after she became pregnant by him, but James is said to have promised to marry her in 1659. The two first met in the Netherlands while Anne was living in the household of James' sister Mary. James and Anne had eight children, but six died in early childhood.[2] The two who survived to adulthood were Lady Mary, who succeeded her father after his deposition during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and Lady Anne, who succeeded her brother-in-law and became the first monarch of Great Britain.

    Born the daughter of a commoner – Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon), Anne is best known for her marriage to James, which caused much gossip. Two months after the marriage, Anne gave birth to the couple's first child, who had obviously been conceived out of wedlock. Until near the end of Anne's life, some observers disapproved of James' decision to marry Anne; but not King Charles II, James' brother, who wanted the marriage to take place. Another cause of disapproval was the public affection James showed towards Anne, such as kissing and leaning against each other, which was considered improper behaviour during the 1600s.

    James was a known philanderer who kept many mistresses, for which Anne often reproached him, once even complaining to the king, who sent one of James' mistresses to the countryside where she remained until her death. Nonetheless, James fathered many illegitimate children. Anne was the reason her husband converted to Catholicism, having both been exposed to Catholicism during visits to the Netherlands and France. Anne was so strongly attracted to this religion that she converted quickly after her marriage. Years later, James followed suit, which was a contributing factor to the Glorious Revolution. Anne suffered from advanced breast cancer and died shortly after giving birth to her last child.

    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hyde

    Anne married King James Stuart, King James II in 1660. James (son of King Charles Stuart, King Charles I and Henrietta Maria, of France) was born on 14 Oct 1633; died on 6 Sep 1701. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Quen Mary Stuart, Queen Mary II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Apr 1662 in St James' Palace, London; died on 28 Dec 1694 in Kensington Palace, London; was buried on 5 Mar 1695 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
    2. 3. Queen Anne Gloria Stuart, - Queen Anne of Great Britain  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1665; died on 1 Aug 1714.
    3. 4. Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Quen Mary Stuart, Queen Mary IIQuen Mary Stuart, Queen Mary II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anne1) was born on 30 Apr 1662 in St James' Palace, London; died on 28 Dec 1694 in Kensington Palace, London; was buried on 5 Mar 1695 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Notes:

    Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband (who was also her first cousin), William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of her Roman Catholic father, James II and VII and recognition of a constitutionalized English Bill of Rights. William became sole ruler upon her death in 1694. Popular histories usually refer to their joint reign as that of "William and Mary".

    Mary wielded less power than William when he was in England, ceding most of her authority to him, though he heavily relied on her. She did, however, act alone when William was engaged in military campaigns abroad, proving herself to be a powerful, firm, and effective ruler.

    Family/Spouse: William, of Orange, King William III. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Queen Anne Gloria Stuart, - Queen Anne of Great BritainQueen Anne Gloria Stuart, - Queen Anne of Great Britain Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anne1) was born on 6 Feb 1665; died on 1 Aug 1714.

    Notes:

    Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714)[n 1] became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, 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.

    Anne was born in the reign of her uncle Charles II, who had no legitimate children. Her father, James, was first in line to the throne. His suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England, and on Charles's instructions Anne was raised as an Anglican. Three years after he succeeded Charles, James was deposed in the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. Anne's Dutch Protestant brother-in-law and cousin William III became joint monarch with his wife, Anne's elder sister Mary II. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After Mary's death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until he was succeeded by Anne upon his death in 1702.

    As queen, Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until in 1710 Anne dismissed many of them from office. Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences.

    Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life. From her thirties onwards, she grew increasingly lame and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, Prince George of Denmark, she died without any surviving children and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover, who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, a daughter of James VI and I.

    She had 17 pregnancies of which 12 ended in miscarriages or stillborns. The other 5 all died young.

    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain

    Anne married George, Prince of Denmark on 28 Jul 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anne1)