Anne Hyde
Anne Hyde | |
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Duchess of York and Albany | |
Born | 12 March 1637 Windsor, Berkshire, England |
Died | 31 March 1671 St James's Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England | (aged 34)
Burial | 5 April 1671 |
Spouse |
James, Duke of York and Albany (later James VII and II) (m. 1660) |
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Father | Anglican |
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Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671)
Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry—
Originally an
Early years (1637–1660)
In 1629, Edward Hyde married his first wife, Anne Ayliffe of Grittenham. Six months into the marriage, Anne caught smallpox, miscarried and died.[4] Three years later, Hyde married Frances Aylesbury. The couple's eldest daughter was born at Cranbourne Lodge in Windsor[5] in 1637. 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.[6]
During the
Anne became a general favourite with the people she met either at
Duchess of York (1660–1671)
Marriage
After Anne became visibly pregnant in 1660, the couple were obliged to marry.[15] Following the Restoration of the monarchy in May 1660, they held an official but private marriage ceremony in London on 3 September 1660. The wedding took place between 11 at night and 2 in the morning at Worcester House—her father's house in the Strand—and was solemnised by Dr. Joseph Crowther, James's chaplain. The French Ambassador described Anne as having "courage, cleverness, and energy almost worthy of a King's blood".[16]
The couple's first child,
Even well after their marriage, some observers disapproved of the prince's decision, regardless of what he had promised beforehand.
Domestic life
Anne was not popular at court, although she was well liked by her brother-in-law.[22] Regarded as "the most unguarded ogler of his time", James had a succession of mistresses throughout their marriage.[23] These mistresses included Arabella Churchill, mother of his illegitimate son, the Duke of Berwick. Berwick had a highly successful career in the French army, while James secured a series of positions for Arabella's brother, John Churchill.[24]
Anne was not oblivious to her husband's infidelities, Pepys recording that she was jealous and chided James. Pepys also claimed, however, that the pair were notorious for showing their affections publicly, kissing and leaning on each other. In another entry, Pepys wrote that when James fell in love with
Historian John Callow claims Anne "made the greatest single impact" in the process that led to James becoming a
Death and legacy
Anne was ill for 15 months after the birth of her youngest son, Edgar.[31] She bore Henrietta in 1669 and Catherine in 1671,[32] never recovering from Catherine's birth.[33] Ill with breast cancer,[34] she died on 31 March 1671.[5][b] On her deathbed, her brothers Henry and Laurence tried to bring an Anglican priest to give her communion, but Anne refused[33] and she received viaticum of the Catholic Church.[34] Two days after her death, her embalmed body was interred in the vault of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Westminster Abbey's Henry VII Chapel.[35] In June 1671, Anne's only surviving son Edgar died of natural causes, followed by Catherine in December, leaving Mary and Anne as the Duke of York's heirs.[36]
After Anne Hyde's death, a portrait of her painted by
Issue
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Charles, Duke of Cambridge | 22 October 1660 | 5 May 1661 | Born two months after his parents' legal marriage, died aged seven months of smallpox[40] |
Mary II |
30 April 1662 | 28 December 1694 | Married her cousin William III, Prince of Orange, in 1677. She and her husband ascended the throne in 1689 after the deposition of her father. No surviving issue[41]
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James, Duke of Cambridge |
12 July 1663 | 20 June 1667 | Died of the bubonic plague[42] |
Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland | 6 February 1665 | 1 August 1714 | Married Prince George of Denmark in 1683. Successor of her brother-in-law and cousin in 1702. First monarch of Great Britain under the Act of Union of 1707. No surviving issue[43] |
Charles, Duke of Kendal |
4 July 1666 | 22 May 1667 | Died of convulsions[44] |
Edgar, Duke of Cambridge |
14 September 1667 | 8 June 1671 | Died in childhood[32] |
Henrietta | 13 January 1669 | 15 November 1669 | Died in infancy[32] |
Catherine | 9 February 1671 | 5 December 1671 | Died in infancy[32] |
Media portrayals
- In the 2003 mini-series, Charles II: The Power and the Passion (or The Last King), Anne Hyde is portrayed by Tabitha Wady.[45]
Notes
- ^ All the dates in this article are Old Style.
- ^ England used the Julian calendar (OS) during Anne's lifetime.
References
- ^ Portrait of the Duchess of York Archived 5 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. historicalportraits.com. Philip Mould Ltd.
- ^ Ward, Adolphus William (1891). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- ^ a b Weir 2008, pp. 259–60.
- ^ Lister 1838, p. 9.
- ^ a b Weir 2008, p. 259.
- ^ Henslowe 1915, p. 18.
- ^ Henslowe 1915, p. 19.
- ^ a b Miller 2000, p. 44.
- ^ Melville 2005, p. 3.
- ^ Henslowe 1915, p. 34.
- ^ Melville 2005, pp. 3–4.
- ^ Melville 2005, p. 4.
- ^ Gregg 1984, p. 2.
- ^ Softly 1979, p. 91.
- ^ Henslowe 1915, pp. 130–1.
- ^ Fraser 2002, p. 202.
- ^ Miller 2000, pp. 44–45.
- ^ a b The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 24 June 1667.
- ^ Strickland 1882, pp. 242–3.
- ^ The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 6 May 1661.
- ^ Gregg 1984, pp. 3–4.
- ^ Melville 2005, p. 17,19.
- ^ Miller 2000, p. 46.
- ^ Holmes 2008, pp. 56–57.
- ^ Melville 2005, pp. 21–22.
- ^ Melville 2005, pp. 25–27.
- ^ Callow 2000, p. 144.
- ^ Miller 2000, pp. 58–59.
- ^ Van der Kiste 2003, p. 32.
- ^ Maclagan & Louda 1999, p. 27.
- ^ Henslowe 1915, p. 289.
- ^ a b c d Weir 2008, p. 260.
- ^ a b Gregg 1984, p. 10.
- ^ a b Melville 2005, p. 32.
- ^ Henslowe 1915, p. 300.
- ^ Waller 2002, pp. 49–50.
- Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 401234.
- ^ Devine 2006, p. 3.
- ^ Gregg 1984, p. 240.
- ^ Panton 2011, p. 455.
- ^ Weir 2008, p. 266.
- ^ The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 30 April 1667.
- ^ Weir 2008, pp. 267–8.
- ^ The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 14 May 1667.
- ^ The Last King: full cast and crew. IMDb.
Works cited
- Callow, John (2000). The Making of King James II: The Formative Years of a King. Gloucestershire: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-2398-9.
- ISBN 0-1410-2769-X.
- OL 7988338M.
- Gregg, Edward (1984). Queen Anne. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-7448-0018-8.
- Henslowe, J. R. (1915). Anne Hyde, Duchess of York. London: T. W. Laurie.
- ISBN 978-0-0072-2571-2.
- Lister, Thomas Henry (1838). Life and Administration of Edward, First Earl of Clarendon. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans. OCLC 899249.
- ISBN 1-8560-5469-1.
- Melville, Lewis (2005). The Windsor Beauties: Ladies of the Court of Charles II. Michigan: Loving Healing Press. ISBN 1-9326-9013-1.
- Miller, John (2000). James II. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-3000-8728-4.
- Panton, Kenneth John (2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5779-7.
- Softly, Barbara (1979). The Queens of England. Michigan: Bell Publishing. ISBN 0-5173-0200-4.
- OCLC 950726.
- ISBN 0-7509-3048-9.
- Waller, Maureen (2002). Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses who Stole Their Father's Crown. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-3123-0711-X.
- ISBN 978-0-0995-3973-5.
Further reading
- Curtis, Gila (1972). The Life and Times of Queen Anne. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-99571-5.
- OCLC 15617187.
- Green, David (1970). Queen Anne. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-211693-6.
- ISBN 0-19-822911-9.
External links
- Portraits of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Miller, John (January 2008). "Anne Hyde". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14325. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)