On This Day In History . 28th December 1694 . 👑 - Queen Mary II died . . ◼ Queen Mary II was aged 32 & apparently fit; she would regularly walk between her palaces at Whitehall & Kensington. . ◼ In late 1694, however, she contracted smallpox.She sent away anyone who had not previously had the disease, to prevent the spread of infection. . ◼ Her sister Princess Anne (later Queen Anne), who was pregnant, sent Mary a letter saying she would run any risk to see her sister again, but the offer was declined by Mary's groom of the stole, the Countess of Derby. . ◼ Mary died at Kensington Palace shortly after midnight on the morning of 28 December. the king ( William III)  who had grown increasingly to rely on Mary, was devastated by her death, & told Burnet that "from being the happiest" he was "now going to be the miserablest creature on earth". . ◼ She was widely mourned in Britain. During a cold winter, in which the Thames froze, her embalmed body lay in state in Banqueting House, Whitehall. . ◼ On 5 March, she was buried at Westminster Abbey. Her funeral service was the first of any royal attended by all the members of both Houses of Parliament. For the ceremony, composer Henry Purcell wrote Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary. . 👑 Did You Know? Mary is credited with influencing garden design at Het Loo & Hampton Court Palaces, & with popularising blue & white porcelain & the keeping of goldfish as pets. . . #OnThisDayInHistory #thisdayinhistory #TheYear1694 #History #MaryIIofEngland #QueenMaryII #Queen #MaryII #TheQueen #HouseofStuart #Stuarts #Royalty #Monarch #Monarchy #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D28dec #Thebritishmonarchy (at Kensington Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8kQwrFK3K/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=25eimulc2u8p
