George of Denmark, Prince (1653-1708), consort of Queen Anne. The younger son of Frederick III of Denmark, George was affable but dull. ‘I have tried him drunk, ’ Charles II once remarked, ‘and I have tried him sober and there is nothing in him.’ His marriage to Anne in 1683 sealed a diplomatic concord between their respective kingdoms against the Dutch. Though dogged by ill-health, he was the queen's mainstay throughout her many personal and political tribulations.

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