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Anne Killigrew (baptised 7 September 1607, died 6 July 1641) was a Lady in Waiting to Queen Henrietta Maria, and the first wife of George Kirke (d. 1675) who was Groom of the Chamber to Charles I of England.
Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1]
Anne Killigrew's mother, Judith Killigrew, was a lady-in-waiting to Charles II's queen Catherine of Braganza. The younger Anne Killigrew is listed as one of six Maids of Honour to Mary of Modena, Duchess of York, as of 1683. [2] Anne had two older sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, both of whom married outside of court circles.
On 13 June 1592, Anne ordered coordinating orange and green summer clothes for herself, Vinstarr, Marie Stewart (a "tender bairn"), [18] and for Belo (who was probably a page). She and King James gave clothes as gifts to her servants and gentlewomen for their weddings, including Marie Stewart who married the much older Earl of Mar in December 1592.
King George III. Born: June 4, 1738. Died: January 29, 1820. King George III was born Prince George William Frederick of Wales, and he was 23 years old when he married Charlotte.
The first pageant for the new queen took place on 19 May, on the River Thames, while Anne was rowed from Greenwich to the Tower of London. Another boat on the river fired salutes, and an artificial dragon spouted wild fire, and another boat carried a pageant of a mount with maiden musicians, featuring Anne's falcon badge. [11]
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After the deaths of George's grandmother and Anne, Queen of Great Britain, George's father, the Elector of Hanover, ascended the British throne as George I in 1714. In the first years of his father's reign as king, Prince George was associated with opposition politicians until they rejoined the governing party.