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On This Day In History . 21 January 1687 and 21 January 1694 . . Queen Anne suffered a miscarriage on both of these dates . . ◼ Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, Prince George of Denmark, she died without any surviving children & was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. . ◼ In 1694 Contemporary chronicler Narcissus Luttrell wrote only that Anne “miscarried of a dead child” . 👑 Queen Anne (b.6 February 1665 – d.1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland between 8 March 1702 & 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England & Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain & Ireland until her death in 1714. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #theyear1687 #d21jan #QueenAnne #Queen #QueenofGreatbritain #HouseofStuart #History #Royalty #BritishMonarchy #onthisday #Stuart #princegeorge #thequeen #RoyalFamily #RoyalHistory #instahistory #queenofengland #Portrait #Portraitpainting #greatbritain . 🎨 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7mQ18HgeS8/?igshid=sxnkdu1mv6l6

On This Day In Royal History . 26 March 1687 . Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was born . . 👑 Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was the only daughter of George Louis of Hanover, later King George I of Great Britain, & Sophia Dorothea of Celle. . ◼ Sophia Dorothea married her cousin, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, heir apparent to the Prussian throne, on 28 November 1706. They had met as children under the care of their grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, & had disliked each other ever since. Sophia Dorothea differed from her husband in every aspect & the marriage suffered as a result. . ▪ One of the most important differences between them was that Sophia Dorothea, unlike her husband, loved entertainment. Frederick William contemplated to divorce her the same year they married, & judging by the letters of Sophia Dorothea, he accused her of not wanting to be married to him. . ◼ Her husband ascended the throne in 1713 & Sophia Dorothea became queen. She was nicknamed “Olympia” for her regal bearing. Her children were terrorized & frequently beaten by Frederick William, who may have suffered from porphyria. . ◼ She had a good relationship with her son, Frederick, later known as “Frederick the Great”, who was very attached to her & deeply mourned her death. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1687 #D26mar #SophiaDorothea #History #Royalty #HouseofHanover #QueenofPrussia #Britishmonarchy #OnThisDay #historyfacts #RoyalHistory #RoyalFamily #Monarchy #KingGeorge #GeorgeI #KingGeorgeI #Hanover #Britishroyalty #BritishRoyals (at Hanover, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NxaLSDGom/?igshid=e2k9d3b5cj5f