Queen Anne

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There have been several reigning monarchs and queen consorts, in various countries, named Anne or the cognate Anna. They include:

[edit] Reigning monarchs

• Anne of Great Britain (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland; after 1707 Queen of Great Britain
• Anna of Russia (1693-1740), better known as Anna Ivanovna, Empress of Russia

[edit] Queen consorts

• Anne of Austria (1601-1666), queen of Louis XIII of France
• Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394), queen of Richard II of England
• Anne Boleyn (1504/7-1536), second queen of Henry VIII of England
• Anne of Brittany (1477-1514), queen of both Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France
• Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), fourth queen of Henry VIII of England
• Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), queen of James VI of Scotland (who was later also James I of England)
• Anne of Kiev (c.1024-1075), queen of Henry I of France
• Anne Neville (1456-85), queen of Richard III of England
• Anne-Marie of Denmark (b.1946), queen of Constantine II of Greece
• Anna Jagiellon (1523-96), queen of Stefan Batory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

[edit] Other uses

• Queen Anne (Pamunkey chief) (c.1650-c.1725)
• Queen Anne Style architecture, a British style of architecture and a related American style. The name apparently arose by way of a William Thackeray novel published when this architecture was popular.
• Queen Anne Chair
• The following are all named for Anne of Great Britain:
  • "Queen Anne's Lace", a common name for the wild carrot
  • "Queen Anne furniture", a style of furniture from this period
  • Queen Anne, Maryland, a town on Maryland's Eastern Shore, United States
  • Queen Anne, Prince George's County, Maryland, a former settlement on Patuxent River in the United States
  • Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States
  • Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington, a neighborhood and hill in the United States