Anne Darnley Queen of Great Britain & Ireland

  Noted events in her life were:

• fact. Her Roman Catholic father, James II & VII, was forcibly deposed in 1688; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II, the only such case in British history. After Mary's death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until his own death in 1702.
On 1st May 1707, under the Acts of Union 1707, England and Scotland were united as a single state, the Kingdom of Great Britain. Anne became its first sovereign, while continuing to hold the separate crown of Queen of Ireland. Anne reigned for twelve years until her death in August 1714.
Anne's life was marked by many crises, both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarisation. Because she died without surviving issue, Anne was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. She was succeeded by her second cousin George I of Great Britain, of the House of Hanover, who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I of England.

Anne married Prince George Jorgen of Denmark & Norway Duke of Cumberland on 28 Jul 1683 in St James Palace, London England. (Prince George Jorgen of Denmark & Norway Duke of Cumberland was born on 2 Apr 1653 in Copenhagen, Kobenhavn Denmark and died on 28 Oct 1708.)