Dowager of Hanover, was declared the next in succession alter his Majesty and the Princess Anne, and the heirs of their bodies respectively, and the Crown of England was limited to the said Princess Sophia and the heirs of her body being Protestants. King William, born at the Hague 11 Nov. 1650; d. 8 Mar. 1702, bur. in Westminster Abbey, having m. 4 Nov. 1697, Princess Mary, dau. of James II.
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ANNE, Queen of England, born at St. James’s, 6 Feb. 1664 crowned in Westminster Abbey by Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury 23 April, 1702, Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. On 2 May following, war was declared against France and Spain, the Duke of Marlborough constituted com.-in-chief of the allied forces, which gained amongst other successes the victories of Blenheim, 2 Aug. 1704, and Ramillies, 23 May, 1706, and Gibraltar was captured 17 July, 1704. The order of St. Andrew (the Thistle) was revived by sign manual 31 Jan. 1703-4, and the royal assent was given to the Act of Union of England and Scotland 6 Mar. 1707, after which the Queen was styled, “Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith.” [1] The Treaty of Utrecht was signed 11 April, 1713. The Queen d. 11 Aug. 1714; m. 28 July, 1683, to George, Prince of Denmark (youngest son of Frederick III, King of Denmark), created Baron Wokingham, co. Berks. Earl of Kendal, co. Westmoreland, and Duke of Cumberland, 9 April, 1650, Lord High Admiral of England 1702, and of Great Britain 1707; he d. 28 Oct. 1708, bur. in Westminstet Abbey, having had, with other issue who died in infancy, a son,
[1] William, b. 24 July, 1689; called Duke of Gloucester, patent never passed the seal, elected K.G. 6 Feb. 1696; d. 80 July, 1700; bur. in Westminster Abbey.
- ↑ The title of Great Britain had been used, especially in Latin inscriptions upon coins, from the time of James 1.
