Anne, Queen of Britain

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Queen of Britain Anne
natal chart (Placidus)
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Name
Anne, Queen of Britain Gender: F
born on 6 February 1665 Jul.Cal. (16 Feb 1665 greg.) at 23:39 (= 11:39 PM )
Place London, England, 51n30, 0w10
Timezone LMT m0w10 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Rodden
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_aqucol.18.gif 28°54' s_mo.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 19°19 Asc.s_scocol.18.gif 06°35'
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Queen of Britain Anne

Biography

British royalty, the second daughter of James, duke of York and Anne Hyde; (King James II, 1685-88), and was Queen of Great Britain from 1702 to 1714 and the last Stuart monarch. She was thrust into her destined position despite her brother's challenge to her right of succession. She became the first queen of the joint kingdoms of England and Ireland on 8 March 1702; they were termed Great Britain in 1707. She showed an interest in state and church and the welfare of the people. Under her 12-year-rule, Britain prospered and stabilized.

Although her father was a Roman Catholic, Anne was brought up as a Protestant at the insistence of her uncle, King Charles II. Her elder sister, Mary, married William, Prince of Orange, in 1677. Anne married George, Prince of Denmark, in 1683, and he became her devoted companion.

When Protestant ruler William III of Orange, stadholder of The Netherlands, overthrew her father, James II, in 1688, Anne sided with William. William and Mary, Anne’s elder sister, became king and queen of England, and Anne was placed in line for succession to the throne. Anne and Mary had a bitter parting of the ways before Mary died in 1694. Anne became Queen upon William’s death in 1702.

Although she was pregnant 18 times between 1683 and 1700, only five children were born alive and only one of those survived infancy. When this son died in 1700, her hopes of providing an heir were dashed and she acquiesced to the Act of Settlement of 1701 that designated her successors as the descendants of King James I of England. Anne’s husband, Prince George, died in 1708.

Throughout her reign, Anne was motivated by an intense devotion to the Anglican Church. In 1704 she granted the crown revenues from tenths and first fruits to form a fund known as "Queen Anne’s Bounty" for the benefit of the church. Upon her recommendation, an act was passed in 1711 to build 50 churches in London. She detested Roman Catholics and sympathized with High Church Tories. At the same time, she acted to free her reign from domination by the political parties. Her first ministry was headed by two neutrals, even though it was predominantly Tory. She directed England’s efforts against France and Spain in the War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1714.

In 1702 Anne recognized Charles III, second son of Emperor Leopold I, as king of Spain, and the English armies defending his claim won many glorious victories. The war was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The most important constitutional legislation of Anne’s reign was the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707. Bitter rivalries between Whigs and Tories during her reign and concerns about Anne’s advancing age and ill-health intensified uncertainties about the succession to her throne.

Her sudden final illness and death frustrated the efforts of the Tories to capture the throne for Anne’s exiled Roman Catholic brother, James, The Old Pretender. Her last act was to secure the Protestant succession of Prince George Louis (King George I, 1714-1727). Anne died on 1 August 1714 in London. She was interred in Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • associate relationship with Gooch, Thomas (born 9 January 1674 Jul.Cal. (19 Jan 1674 greg.)). Notes: her chaplain
  • sibling relationship with James, Prince of England (born 10 June 1688 Jul.Cal. (20 June 1688 greg.)). Notes: half-sibling
  • sibling relationship with Stuart, Isabel (born 28 August 1676 Jul.Cal. (7 Sep 1676 greg.)). Notes: half-sibling
  • role played of/by Colman, Olivia (born 30 January 1974). Notes: 2018 film "The Favourite"
  • role played of/by Pulver, Liselotte (born 11 October 1929). Notes: 1960 film "A Glass of Water"

Events

  • Relationship : Marriage 1683 (George, Prince of Denmark)
  • Work : Gain social status 8 March 1702 (Crowned Queen)
    chart Placidus Equal_H.
  • Death, Cause unspecified 1 August 1714 Jul.Cal. (12 Aug 1714 greg.) in London (age 49)
    chart Placidus Equal_H.

Source Notes

David Green "Queen Anne," Chs Scribner's Sons, NY 1970, time recorded. AQ Winter/54 same "according to a memo by James II."

Sy Scholfield quotes "Mrs. Dawson's Diary concerning the births, ages, and deaths of James the IId's children" in "Reliquiæ Hearnianæ: the remains of Thomas Hearne, extracts from his MS. diaries, collected with a few notes by P. Bliss, Volume 1" by Thomas Hearne (Oxford: James Wright, 1857), p. 275: "Lady Anne was born Feb. 6th, 1664 [sic], at 39 minutes past eleven at night." Mrs Dawson was the lady of the bedchamber (midwife) to Anne Hyde, in attendance when Anne gave birth to James II's children.

Categories

  • Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Second born)
  • Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Falling out with her sister Mary)
  • Family : Relationship : Marriage - Compatible (Devoted)
  • Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One, lasting)
  • Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (18 pregnancies, five kids; one lived)
  • Family : Parenting : Kids -Traumatic event (None of her kids lived past 11)
  • Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Western (Devoted Protestant; an issue at the time)
  • Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Last of the Stuarts)
  • Notable : Famous : Royal family (Britain)
  • Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
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