Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange

Princess Anne
Princess Royal; Princess of Orange
Portrait by Bernard Accama, 1736
Consort	25 March 1734 – 22 October 1751
Consort to	William IV, Prince of Orange
Issue
Carolina of Orange-Nassau Princess Anna of Orange-Nassau William V, Prince of Orange
Detail Titles
HRH The Princess-Regent of Friesland HRH The Princess of Orange HRH The Princess Royal HRH The Princess Anne HRH Princess Anne of Wales HRH Princess Anne of Cornwall HSH Princess Anne of Hanover
Royal house	House of Orange-Nassau House of Hanover
Father	George II
Mother	Caroline of Ansbach
Born	2 November 1709(1709--) Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover
Died	1 December 1759 (aged 50) The Hague, The Netherlands

Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (2 November 1709 - 12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of William IV of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands. Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal, and later Princess-Regent of Friesland

Early life

HSH Princess Anne of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg was born at Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, five years before her paternal grandfather, the Elector Georg Ludwig, succeeded to the British throne as George I.

Great Britain

Upon her grandfather's ascension in 1714, it became established practice that the legitimate children and the male-line grandchildren of a British Sovereign would be titled prince or princess of Great Britain and Ireland and styled Royal Highness; great-grandchildren in the male line would be prince or princess of Great Britain and Ireland and styled Highness. Her father ascended on 11 June 1727.

Princess Royal

On 30 August of that year, George II created his eldest daughter Princess Royal. Charles I first bestowed this title on his eldest daughter, Mary, Princess of Orange (mother of William III), in 1642. However, the title fell from use until the reign of George II. (Princess Anne became Princess Royal during the lifetime of her aunt, Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, who had been eligible for this honour but did not receive it.)

Marriage

On 25 March 1734, the Princess Royal married William IV, Prince of Orange. She ceased to use her substantive British title, in favour of her courtesy title from her husband's hereditary principality.

Regency

When her husband died in 1751, Anne was appointed regent for her 3 year-old son William. She was at first a good leader in the government with her quick decision-making skills, but she later became tyrannical and unpredictable.

Later life

She continued to act as regent until her death in 1759, at The Hague, Netherlands, when she was replaced by her mother-in-law, Marie Louise of Hesse-Cassel, and by Ludwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern. When she too died, Anne's daughter, Carolina, was made regent until William V turned 18 in 1766.

Titles

• 2 November 1709-1 August 1714: Her Serene Highness Princess Anne of Hanover
• 1 August-27 September 1714: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Cornwall
• 27 September 1714-11 June 1727: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Wales
• 11 June-30 August 1727: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne
• 30 August 1727-25 March 1734: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
• 25 March 1734-22 October 1751: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Orange
• 22 October 1751-12 January 1759: Her Royal Highness The Princess-Regent of Friesland

Issue

The Prince and Princess of Orange-Nassau had a stillborn son, in 1735, and two stillborn daughters, in 1736 and 1739. They also had a daughter, Anna (1746), who died in infancy. Their other children were:

Ancestors

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