On This Day In History . 6th February 1665 . Queen Anne was born at St James’s Palace . . ◼ Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James’s Palace, London, the fourth child & second daughter of James, Duke of York (later king James II & VII), & his first wife, Anne Hyde. . ◼ Her father was the younger brother of King Charles II, & her mother was the daughter of Lord Chancellor Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. . ◼ At her Anglican baptism in the Chapel Royal at St James’s, her older sister, Mary, was one of her godparents, along with the Duchess of Monmouth & the Archbishop of Canterbury, Gilbert Sheldon. The Duke & Duchess of York had eight children, but Anne & Mary (both future queen’s) were the only ones to survive into adulthood. . 👑 QUEEN ANNE became Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England & Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain & Ireland until her death in 1714. . . ◼ Anne was plagued by ill-health throughout her life. From her 30s onwards, she grew increasingly lame & obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, Prince George of Denmark, she died on 1 August 1714 without any surviving children & was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1665 #QueenAnne #QueenofGreatBritain #Royalty #Monarchy #Monarch #Stuarts #HouseofStuart #History #England #D6Feb #Thequeen #royalfamily #Queenofengland #Queenofscotland #Greatbritain #RoyalHistory #Historyfacts #Britishmonarch #Stjamespalace (at St James’s Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8OHmTygRLT/?igshid=helv1x22j0ci