- Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Infobox British Royalty|royal|consort
name =Princess Anne
title =Princess Royal; Princess consort of Orange
imgw =200
caption =Portrait byBernard Accama , 1736
reign =25 March 1734 – 22 October 1751
spouse =William IV
issue =Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Princess Anna of Orange-NassauWilliam V, Prince of Orange
royal house =House of Orange-Nassau House of Hanover
titles ="HRH" The Princess-Regent of Friesland
"HRH" The Princess of Orange
"HRH" The Princess Royal
"HRH" The Princess Anne
"HRH" Princess Anne" [http://www.londongazette.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=6148 The London Gazette] " refers to her before her father's accession as "Princess Anne"]
"HSH" Princess Anne of Hanover
father =George II of Great Britain
mother =Caroline of Ansbach
date of birth =birth date|1709|11|2|df=y
place of birth =Herrenhausen Palace,Hanover
date of christening=2 November 1709
place of christening=Herrenhausen Palace,Hanover
date of death =Death date and age|1759|12|1|1709|11|2|df=yes
place of death =The Hague |Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (2 November 1709 – 12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of
William IV of Orange , the first hereditarystadtholder of the Netherlands. Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the titlePrincess Royal , and later Princess-Regent ofFriesland Early life
"HSH" Princess Anne of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg was born at
Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, five years before her paternal grandfather, the Elector Georg Ludwig, succeeded to the British throne as George I. She was christened shortly after birth at Herrenhausen Palace. [ [http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/christenings.htm#Christenings Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Royal Christenings] ]Great Britain
Upon her grandfather's ascension in 1714, it became established practice that the legitimate children and the male-line grandchildren of a British Sovereign would be titled prince or princess of Great Britain and Ireland and styled "
Royal Highness "; great-grandchildren in the male line would be prince or princess of Great Britain and Ireland and styled "Highness". Her father ascended on 11 June 1727.Princess Royal
On 30 August of that year, George II created his eldest daughter
Princess Royal . Charles I first bestowed this title on his eldest daughter, Mary, Princess of Orange (mother of William III), in 1642. However, the title fell from use until the reign of George II. (Princess Anne became Princess Royal during the lifetime of her aunt, Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, who had been eligible for this honour but did not receive it.)Marriage
On 25 March 1734, the Princess Royal married
William IV, Prince of Orange . She ceased to use her substantive British title, in favour of her courtesy title from her husband's hereditary principality. The music played on her wedding was byGeorge Frideric Handel , whose favourite pupil she was, learning composing, singing and playing the harpsichord. She remained a life-long supporter, attending his operas and subscribing to his music. She quarreled with her brother, the prince of Wales about her choice. The performance ofPoro (opera) was canceled when it became known she had had a miscarriage in 1736.Regency
When her husband died in 1751, Anne was appointed
regent for her 3 year-old son William. She was at first a good leader in the government with her quick decision-making skills, but she later became tyrannical and unpredictable.Later life
She continued to act as regent until her death in 1759, at
The Hague ,Netherlands , when she was replaced by her mother-in-law, Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), and byLudwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern . When she too died, Anne's daughter, Carolina, was made regent until William V turned 18 in 1766.Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
*2 November 1709 – 27 September 1714: "Her Serene Highness" Princess Anne of Hanover
*27 September 1714 – 11 June 1727: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Anne
*11 June – 30 August 1727: "Her Royal Highness" The Princess Anne
*30 August 1727 – 25 March 1734: "Her Royal Highness" The Princess Royal
*25 March 1734 – 22 October 1751: "Her Royal Highness" The Princess of Orange
*22 October 1751 – 12 January 1759: "Her Royal Highness" The Princess-Regent of FrieslandArms
On 31 January 1719, as a grandchild of the sovereign, Anne was granted use of the arms of the realm, differenced by a "label argent of five points, each bearing a cross gules". On 30 August 1727, as a child of the sovereign, Anne's difference changed to a "label argent of three points, each bearing a cross gules". [ [http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family] ]
Issue
The Prince and Princess of Orange-Nassau had a stillborn son, in 1735. Their other children were:
Ancestors
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