Queen Anne Successor, (Credit: Getty) Sep 9, 2022 · Anne is known as the Princess Royal, and falls so far down the line of succession because of male primogeniture — the former law that favored male sons over their sisters. The last of the Stuart monarchs, Anne's reign witnessed the Spanish War of Succession which helped Britain establish itself as a major world power. William III & II was not only Mary's husband but also her first cousin and came directly after the two sisters in the Protestant succession to the Throne anyway. While the accession of James went smoothly, the succession had been the subject of much debate for decades. Ever since Anne's succession the Whigs had been putting forward George of Hanover as her successor. [57] (Kirk ministers had objected vehemently Feb 6, 2025 · Princess Anne’s two children, Peter and Zara, are the last of Queen Elizabeth II grandchildren in the line of succession. William died in 1702, and Anne became Queen of England and Ireland and Queen of Scots on 8 March 1702. In 1967, Anne-Marie and her family were forced into exile upon the rise of a military dictatorship. At the time the Act was passed Henry VIII had declared all of his children to be illegitimate and had no children eligible to succeed him. Within months, another war in Europe had started (the War of the Spanish Succession), which was to overshadow most of Anne's reign.

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