On This Day In Royal History . 30 August 1727 . Princess Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is created Princess Royal. . ◼ Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (born.2 November 1709 – died.12 January 1759) was the second child & eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain & his consort, Caroline of Ansbach. . ◼ She was the spouse of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands. Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal, a title which had fallen from use since its creation by Charles I for his daughter Mary, Princess of Orange in 1642. . ◼ She was Regent of the Netherlands from 1751 until her death in 1759, exercising extensive powers on behalf of her son William V. Because of her English upbringing & family connections, she was known as an Anglophile - despite being unable to convince the Dutch Republic to enter the Seven Years' War on the side of the British. . ◼ Princess Anne, Maryland in the United States is named for her. . ◼ Portrait: Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange by Johann Valentin Tischbein, 1753 . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1727 #PrincessAnne #PrincessRoyal #HouseofHanover #Royalty #History #Princess #RoyaltyinArt #PrincessofOrange #BritishMonarchy #D30Aug #royals #Royal #Royalty #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #Instahistory #Monarchy #Thebritishmonarchy #britishroyalty (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1y7n7Wgf_7/?igshid=1eptiabcko25d