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 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 (1504-1536), 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

• Queen Anne (Pamunkey chief) (c.1650-c.1725), chief of the Pamunkey tribe

• The following are all named for Anne of Great Britain"
  • Queen Anne's Lace is a common name for the wild carrot
  • Queen Anne style is a British style of architecture and a related American style, not from the reign of Anne (1702-1714), but from the late nineteenth century. The name apparently arose by way of a William Thackeray novel published when this architecture was popular.
  • Queen Anne furniture is a style of furniture from this period, for related reasons.
  • Queen Anne is a neighborhood and hill in Seattle, Washington.