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She was born, on either March 12 or March 22, 1637, at Windsor, her mother being Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury. Her father was the loyal Royalist advisor Sir Edward Hyde, later 1st Earl of Clarendon, of the Hyde of Norbury family. In 1659, at Breda in the Netherlands, she is believed to have married James, then Duke of York, in a secret ceremony. The royal family was still in exile following the English Civil War, and Anne's father was chief adviser to the prospective King Charles II of England, James older brother. The couple were officially married on September 3, 1660, in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, following the RestorationRestoration can be one of several things, depending on context: In history, a restoration is an historical episode under which a previous government of an area is reinstated. In the History of England the term Restoration has a specific meaning in as much of the monarchyFor related meanings see also Monarch (disambiguation A monarchy (from the Greek monos archein , meaning "one ruler") is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. The distinguishing characteristic of monarchies is that the Head of State ho. Their first child, Charles, was born less than two months later, but died in infancy, as did several other sons and daughters. The two surviving children were both girls, MaryMary II ( 30 April 1662 28 December 1694) was Queen of England and Ireland from 13 February 1689 until her death, and Queen of Scotland from 11 April 1689 until her death. Mary, a Protestant, came to the Throne following the Glorious Revolution, during wh and AnneAnne ( 6 February 1665 1 August 1714), became Queen of England and Scotland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, when England and Scotland combined into a single Kingdom, Anne became the first Sovereign of Great Britain. She continued to reign until her death.. A few weeks after the birth of their youngest child, Anne died of cancerFor other meanings of Cancer: see Cancer (disambiguation . apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. Cancer is a group of related diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division. Currently, it is believed that cancers arise from both genetic at St James's PalaceSt James's Palace is one of London's oldest and most historic palaces. It is situated on The Mall in London, England, just north of St James's Park. St James's palace was the principal residence of the monarch in London from 1698, when Whitehall Palace wa and was buried in Westminster Abbeyexoskeleton formed by flying buttresses. The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster Westminster Abbey , a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs. It is located in.

Late in her life, Anne secretly converted to Catholicism, much to the horror of her staunchly Anglican family. After her death, her husband also converted to the Roman Catholic faith. At the order of James's older brother King Charles, however, James and Anne's daughters were raised in the Protestant faith.

King James was deposed in a bloodless revolution against his Catholic rule, and Anne's daughters Anne and Mary, and son in law, William of Orange, assumed the throne in succession. After James, no British King or Queen has affirmed belief in the Catholic faith.

Anne was the last Englishwoman to marry an heir to the throne until Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981.