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[[Image:Queen_Anne.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Queen Anne]]'''Queen Anne'''(1665-1714) was a daughter of [[James II]].  She succeeded [[William III]] in 1702 and oversaw the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707.  This meant that her title changed from Queen of England to Queen of [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]].

[[Image:Queen_Anne.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Queen Anne]]'''Queen Anne'''(1665-1714) was a daughter of [[James II]].  She succeeded [[William III]] in 1702 and oversaw the Act of Union with [[Scotland]] in 1707.  This meant that her title changed from Queen of [[England]] and Queen of Scotland to Queen of [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]. (She was also Queen of [[Ireland]]).

She was a well intentioned woman but was often influenced by her favorites, at first by the Duchess of Marlborough.  However, in the main she was guided by Tory and high-church principles and established ''Queen Anne's Bounty'' to improve church finances. Although she had no marked ability her reign covers saw some notable literary output ([[Jonathan Swift|Swift]], [[Alexander Pope|Pope]], Addsion, Steele and Defoe), architecture ([[Christopher Wren|Wren]], Vanbrugh) and the Duke of Marlborough's victories in war.  

She was a well intentioned woman but was often influenced by her favorites, at first by the Duchess of Marlborough.  However, in the main she was guided by Tory and high-church principles and established ''Queen Anne's Bounty'' to improve church finances. Although she had no marked ability her reign covers saw some notable literary output ([[Jonathan Swift|Swift]], [[Alexander Pope|Pope]], Addsion, Steele and Defoe), architecture ([[Christopher Wren|Wren]], Vanbrugh) and the Duke of Marlborough's victories in war.  

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