#anne hyde

[royalty-nobility]

James II, when Duke of York with Anne Hyde, Princess Mary, later Mary II, and Princess Anne

Artist: Sir Peter Lely (Dutch, 1618-1680)

Date: c. 1668-1685

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Depicted People:

James II of England

Anne Hyde

Mary II of England

Anne, Queen of Great Britain

[coquetteladyofthedeadmensworld]

Happy Birthday Anne Hyde!!!!!

[duchessofyorksstuff]

Anne Hyde's last words: "Duke Duke, death is very terrible."

[unhingedwhitehall]

James: This is not funny in the slightest.

Charles: When has anything been funny to you?

James: *starts crying*

Charles: Oh great, he's offended again.

Catherine: Hey guys - what's the matter James?

James: *Full on bawling*

Charles: He's upset about a joke I told him. Wanna hear it?

Catherine: Oh yes please. Anne, you wanna hear it too?

Anne: Sure!

Charles: Alright. What is the official name for cat owners?

Catherine: No idea.

Anne: I don't know, what?

Charles: Cat-a-holics

Anne, Charles and Catherine: *laughing*

James: *Storms out looking like a tomato*

[edwardiionlyfans]

monarchs of the house of Stuart + affairs

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Watercolour Painting, ca. 1662, English.

By Nicholas Dixon.

Portraying Anne Hyde, Duchess of York in a Brown Dress.

Cleveland Art Museum.

Portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York

[tiny-librarian]

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany.

[nellygwyn]

Charles' brother, James, Duke of York, had two sons and a daughter in the 1660s with his mistress, Arabella Churchill, the sister of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. He had other longstanding affairs, including Lady Southesk, Frances 'La Belle Jennings' - sister of the Duchess of Marlborough - and Catherine Sedley. Yet he was also devoted to his strong, stout wife, Anne. When Pepys saw the Yorks together in 1663, he winced at their 'impertinent and, methought, unnatural dalliances.' They were far too physical than was decent for man and wife, 'before the whole world, such as kissing of hands and leaning on one another.'

Charles II: A Gambling Man // Jenny Uglow