Kdo si vzal Anna Stuartovna?

Anna Stuartovna (6. únor 1665 – 1. srpen 1714) byla královnou Anglie, Skotska a Irska. Stala se nástupkyní svého švagra Viléma III. Parlament prohlásil útěk jejího katolického otce Jakuba II. ze země v důsledku slavné revoluce za abdikaci na trůn. Její švagr a sestra Marie se poté stali společnými vládci země. Po smrti Marie vládl Vilém samostatně až do své smrti roku 1702.

Od 1. května 1707 se na základě zákonů o unii Anglie a Skotsko spojily do jednoho suverénního státu – Království Velké Británie. Anna se stala jeho první královnou a zároveň zůstala královnou Irska. Anna vládla až do své smrti v srpnu 1714 a byla poslední královnou Anglie a poslední královnou Skotska. Anna zemřela bez potomků (její poslední žijící syn Vilém zemřel roku 1700) a byla i posledním panovníkem rodu Stuartovců. Jejím nástupcem se stal Jiří I., příslušník Hannoverské dynastie.

Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (Danish: Jørgen; 2 April 1653 – 28 October 1708), was the husband of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. He was the consort of the British monarch from Anne's accession on 8 March 1702 until his death in 1708.

The marriage of George and Anne was arranged in the early 1680s with a view to developing an Anglo-Danish alliance to contain Dutch maritime power. As a result, George was disliked by his Dutch brother-in-law, William III, Prince of Orange, who was married to Anne's elder sister, Mary. Anne and Mary's father, the British ruler James II and VII, was deposed in the Glorious Revolution in 1688, and William and Mary succeeded him as joint monarchs with Anne as heir presumptive. The new monarchs granted George the title of Duke of Cumberland.

William excluded George from active military service, and neither George nor Anne wielded any great influence until after the deaths of Mary and then William, at which point Anne became queen. During his wife's reign, George occasionally used his influence in support of his wife, even when privately disagreeing with her views. He had an easy-going manner and little interest in politics; his appointment as Lord High Admiral of England in 1702 was largely honorary.

Anne's seventeen pregnancies by George resulted in twelve miscarriages or stillbirths, four infant deaths, and a chronically ill son, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, who died at the age of eleven. Despite the deaths of their children, George and Anne's marriage was a strong one. George died aged 55 from a recurring and chronic lung disease, much to the devastation of his wife, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey.