The New Student's Reference Work/Anne
Anne, queen of England from 1702 to 1714. She was born near London in 1665, was the daughter of James II, and married Prince George of Denmark. She came to the throne at the death of her brother-in-law, William III. During her reign occurred the War of the Spanish Succession, in which the Duke of Marlborough won his famous victories. The union of England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain was made while she was queen. Her reign is known as the Queen Anne age of literature, because of the many illustrious writers of the period: Addison, Pope, Dryden, Swift, Defoe and the great scientist, Isaac Newton. Though the mother of 17 children, Queen Anne left no heirs, and was the last sovereign of the house of Stuart.