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Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671) [2] [a] was the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII. Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry— Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon)—and met her future husband when they were both living in exile in the Netherlands.
Mar 12, 2013 · Anne Hyde, daughter of the Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury, was born on this day 12 March, 1637. Some people think that our current Duchess of Cambridge, the lovely Catherine, is the first commoner to have married an heir to the throne.
Mar 31, 2022 · Anne Hyde remains a relatively forgotten Stuart, lost amongst the more famous of her kinsmen, but her brief life had a resounding influence on British history.
Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1] Her father was the younger brother of King Charles II , who ruled the three kingdoms of England , Scotland and Ireland , and her mother was the ...
Anne Hyde, the daughter of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Charles IIs Chancellor, was the first wife of the Duke of York, later James II. She met the duke in 1656 when maid of honour to his sister, Princess Mary of Orange, and married him in 1660, after becoming pregnant.
The entrance of Anne Hyde into the family of the Princess of Orange took place in the year 1655, in consequence of the sudden death of Mrs. Killigrew, one of the maids of honour to the princess.
Lady Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (22 March 1638 – 31 March 1671) was the first wife of James, Duke of York (the future King James II of England and VII of Scotland). She was also and the mother of two queens, Mary II of England and Scotland and Anne of Great Britain .
Anne Hyde was born on March 12, 1638, at Cranbourne Lodge in Windsor, Berkshire, the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hyde, later earl of Clarendon, and Frances Aylesbury. Edward Hyde was lord chancellor to King Charles II, who had spent his youth exiled in France.
The daughter of Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, lord chancellor to Charles II, Anne met James, duke of York, while she was maid of honour to Mary, princess royal and princess of Orange. Marriage did not take place until September 1660, when Anne was eight months pregnant with a son, who died an infant.
The parents named her Anne after Edward Hyde's first wife. Almost nothing is known of her life before 1649, when her family fled to the Netherlands after the execution of the deposed King Charles I .
