Father Charles I Role 1637–1640 Siblings Charles II of England | Name Anne England House House of Stuart | |
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Born 17 March 1637
St. James\'s Palace, London ( 1637-03-17 ) Burial 8 December 1640
Westminster Abbey, London Mother Henrietta Maria of France Died November 5, 1640, Richmond Palace, Richmond, United Kingdom Parents Henrietta Maria of France, Charles I of England Cousins Louis XIV of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Philippe I - Duke of Orleans, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Anne Marie Louise d\'Orleans Similar People Charles I of England, Henrietta Maria of France, Henrietta of England, Charles II of England, Philippe I - Duke of Orleans | ||
Anne of England (17 March 1637 – 5 November 1640) was the daughter of King Charles I and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France. She was one of the couple's three children to die in childhood.
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Life
Anne was born on 17 March 1637 at St. James's Palace, the seventh child and third daughter of King Charles I of England and his queen, Henrietta Maria of France. Her siblings were, in order of birth: Charles James, Duke of Rothesay and Cornwall (13 May 1629); the future Charles II of England; Mary, Princess Royal and future Princess of Orange; the future James II of England and Elizabeth of England. Anne was baptised an Anglican at St. James's Palace on 30 March, by William Laud, the Anglican Bishop of London. Anne only lived to see the birth of two siblings: the stillborn Catherine (29 June 1639) and Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester. She died before the birth of her sister, Princess Henrietta of England, who married Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and had four children by him.
Anne was a sickly child, which is obvious in this engraving of her. She was frail and slightly deformed.
Death
Anne became ill with tuberculosis, a disease which would later kill her more famous sister Elizabeth. Aged just three, Anne died at Richmond Palace. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, next to her brother Charles James.