Anne of Great Britain belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Anne of Great Britain as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714).
Anne of Great Britain was born at St James's Palace in 1665. Her recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
The seventeenth century set the modern argument in motion: sovereignty, consent and the limits of a ruler's claim.
The offices held were queen regnant (1702–1707), monarch of England (1702–1707) and monarch of Scotland (1702–1707).
She is described as aristocrat, politician and queen regnant.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
That the career was made in United Kingdom is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Anne of Great Britain died in 1714, aged 49. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- queen regnant (1702–1707)
- monarch of England (1702–1707)
- monarch of Scotland (1702–1707)
- Monarch of Great Britain (1707–1714)
