Queen Anne
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"Queen Anne" generally refers to Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702, and of Great Britain from 1707.
Queen Anne may also refer to:
Places in the United States:
Queen Anne may also refer to:
Uses relating to Queen Anne of Great Britain
- Queen Anne style architectureQueen Anne Style architectureThe Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...
, architectural style from the reign of Queen Anne, and its revivals - Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, American architectural style from the late 19th century
- Queen Anne style furniture, style of furniture
- Queen Anne's Lace, common name for the Daucus carota flower
- Queen Anne's WarQueen Anne's WarQueen Anne's War , as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession was known in the British colonies, was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England, later Great Britain, in North America for control of the continent. The War of the...
, fought in North America - Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
, flagship of Blackbeard the pirate
Places in the United States:
- Queen Anne, MarylandQueen Anne, MarylandQueen Anne is a town in Queen Anne's and Talbot counties in the U.S. state of Maryland. The population was 176 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Queen Anne is located at ....
, on Maryland's Eastern Shore - Queen Anne, Prince George's County, MarylandQueen Anne, Prince George's County, MarylandQueen Anne in Prince George's County, Maryland is a former seaport on the Patuxent River in Maryland.-Geography:Queen Anne is located at 38°53'55" North, 76°40'42" West . Most of the town's former waterfront area is now part of Patuxent River Park, owned and operated by the Maryland-National...
, former settlement on the Patuxent River - Queen Anne's County, MarylandQueen Anne's County, MarylandQueen Anne's County is a county located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland.As of 2010, the population was 47,798. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensville is the county's most populous place...
- Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington
Other queens called Anne or Anna
- Anna of RussiaAnna of RussiaAnna of Russia or Anna Ivanovna reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.-Accession to the throne:Anna was the daughter of Ivan V of Russia, as well as the niece of Peter the Great...
(1693–1740), Empress of Russia from 1730 - Queen Anne (Pamunkey chief)Queen Anne (Pamunkey chief)Queen Anne succeeded to the position of chief of the Pamunkey tribe in 1708 after the obscure and short rule of "Queen Betty" who succeeded Cockacoeske. This was nearly a decade after Bacon's Rebellion...
(c.1650–c.1725), Native American tribal leader in colonial Virginia - Anne of AustriaAnne of AustriaAnne of Austria was Queen consort of France and Navarre, regent for her son, Louis XIV of France, and a Spanish Infanta by birth...
(1601–1666), queen of Louis XIII of France - Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313), queen of Henry of Carinthia
- Anne of BohemiaAnne of BohemiaAnne of Bohemia was Queen of England as the first wife of King Richard II. A member of the House of Luxembourg, she was the eldest daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Elizabeth of Pomerania....
(1366–1394), queen of Richard II of England - Anne BoleynAnne BoleynAnne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...
(1501/7–1536), second queen of Henry VIII of England - Anne of BrittanyAnne of BrittanyAnne, Duchess of Brittany , also known as Anna of Brittany , was a Breton ruler, who was to become queen to two successive French kings. She was born in Nantes, Brittany, and was the daughter of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix. Her maternal grandparents were Queen Eleanor of...
(1477–1514), queen of both Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France - Anne of ClevesAnne of ClevesAnne of Cleves was a German noblewoman and the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England and as such she was Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540. The marriage was never consummated, and she was not crowned queen consort...
(1515–1557), fourth queen of Henry VIII of England - Anne of DenmarkAnne of DenmarkAnne of Denmark was queen consort of Scotland, England, and Ireland as the wife of King James VI and I.The second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark, Anne married James in 1589 at the age of fourteen and bore him three children who survived infancy, including the future Charles I...
(1574–1619), queen of James VI of Scotland (who was later also James I of England) - Queen Anne-Marie of GreeceQueen Anne-Marie of GreeceQueen Anne-Marie of Greece is the wife of former King Constantine II of Greece, who was deposed in referendums in 1973 and in 1974. Her title "Queen of Greece" is not recognized under the terms of the republican Constitution of Greece...
(Anne-Marie of Denmark; b.1946), queen of Constantine II of Greece - Anna JagiellonAnna JagiellonAnna Jagiellon was queen of Poland from 1575 to 1586. She was the daughter of Poland's King Sigismund I the Old, and the wife of Stephen Báthory. She was elected, along with her then fiance, Báthory, as co-ruler in the second election of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
(1523–1596), queen of Stefan Batory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Keran, Queen of Armenia (d. 1285), wife of Leon II, mother of Hethum II
- Anne of KievAnne of KievAnne of Kiev was the queen consort of France as the wife of Henry I, and regent for her son Philip I.Her parents were Yaroslav I the Wise and princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden....
(c.1024–1075), queen of Henry I of France - Anne NevilleAnne NevilleLady Anne Neville was Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward of Westminster and Queen of England as the consort of King Richard III. She held the latter title for less than two years, from 26 June 1483 until her death in March 1485...
(1456–1485), queen of Richard III of England - Anna Pavlovna of RussiaAnna Pavlovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia was a queen consort of the Netherlands.-Background:She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna , and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia...
(1795–1865), queen of William II of the Netherlands - Queen Anne of RomaniaQueen Anne of RomaniaQueen Anne of Romania , is the wife of the former King Michael I of Romania.She is a niece of Empress Zita of Austria and a great niece of Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia.-Early life:...
(b. 1923), wife of the deposed Michael I of Romania - Anna of Foix-CandaleAnna of Foix-CandaleAnna of Foix-Candale was a Queen consort of Hungary as the third consort of King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.-Life:Anne was the daughter of Gaston of Foix, Count of Candale, and Infanta Catherine of Navarre...
(1484−1506), queen of Vladislas II of Hungary and Bohemia - Anna of Bohemia and HungaryAnna of Bohemia and HungaryAnna of Bohemia and Hungary, also sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica was, by marriage to Ferdinand I, King of the Romans and later Holy Roman Emperor, Queen of the Romans.-Family:She was the elder child and only daughter of king Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his third...
(1503−1547), queen of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Hungary, Germany and Bohemia