Anne. to France in 1669, which much alarmed the people, on a 1701-2. furmife, that fhe was gone thither to be bred a Catholic; the bigotry and fuperftition of her father, who had found means Account of to pervert her mother, being well known. But their fears her before the ceafed, when it was found the was fent there on account of her health only, she having at that time a defluxion in her eyes, which the change of air, and the methods there used, foon removed; and the returned to England much improved in her conftitution and perfon. Dr. Henry Compton, dean of the chapel, and afterwards bishop of London, had the care of her education. was queen. Burnet. The duke of York, two years after the death of his firft wife, married, in 1673, Mary of Efté, the duke of Modena's daughter, a rigid Papift (f), by which means, all hopes of many enemies, and her friends, because of the change of her religion, reckoned her death rather a bleffing than a lofs at that time. She bore the duke of York four fons and four daughters, Charles of York, duke of Cambridge, born the 22d of October, 1660, who died at feven months old; James of York, called alfo duke of Cambridge, born the 12th of July 1663, who died in 1667; Charles of York, duke of Kendal, third fon, born the 4th of July, 1666, and who died in May 1667; Edgar of York, duke of Cambridge, the fourth fon, was born the 14th of September 1667, and died the 8th of June 1672. The four daughters were, 1. MARY of York, born the 30th of April, 1662, a princefs of great beauty and eminent virtue, who was married to William Henry of Naffau, prince of Orange, afterwards king William III. and died on the 28th of December, 1694. 2. ANNE of York, fecond daughter, born at St. James's on the 6th of February, 1664-5. Henrietta of York, third daughter, born at Whitehall the 13th of January, 1668, and deceafed at ten months old; and Katherine of York, fourth daughter, who was born the 9th of February 1670, and died the 5th of December 1671. (f) The new duchess of York was brought over by the earl of Peterborough (who had married her by proxy) in the winter of 1673. She was then very young, about fixteen, but of a full growth. She was a graceful perfon, with a good fhare of beauty, and fo much wit and cunning, that, during all king Charles's reign, the behaved herfelf in fo obliging a manner, and feemed fo innocent and good, that the gained upon all that came near her, and pol feffed them with fuch impref fions of her, that it was long before her behaviour, after the was queen, could make them change their thoughts of her. So artificially did this young Italian carry herfelf, that the deceived even the eldest and moft jealous a Proteftant male-heir being loft, a greater value was railed Anne. in the people for the princeffes Mary and Anne, from the 1701-2. general expectation of having the fucceffion continued to them, whom, with joy, they faw educated in the Proteftant religion. Prince Upon the marriage of the princess Mary to the prince of Orange, her father was very preffing with the king his brother, to leave him the difpofal of his other daughter the princefs Anne; but the king thought it more advifeable to hearken to the importunities of his parliament, and marry her alfo to a Proteftant prince. In the year 1681, the prince of Hanover (afterwards king George I. of England) came over to make his addreffes to her: But he was fcarce got hither, when he received orders from his father not to proceed in that defign; for he had agreed a match for him with his brother the duke of Zell's daughter, which, at that time, was more advantageous to the family. Two years after, prince George George of of Denmark, fecond fon of Frederick III. and younger bro- Denmark ther of Christian V. kings of Denmark, came into England, comes into in order to marry the princefs Anne. Accordingly, eleven England. days after his arrival, they were folemnly married by the 1683, and bishop of London, in the chapel-royal at St. James's, on the marries the 28th of July 1683. This marriage, at firft, did by no princes means please the nation: For it was known that the propo- July 28. fition came from France, and therefore it was apprehended, Burnet. that the English and French courts reckoned, they were fure he would change his religion. But these apprehenfions were, by experience, found to be entirely groundlefs. He had now lived, in all refpects, the happieft with his princess that was poffible, except in one point. For, though there was a child born almost every year for many years, yet they all died; fo that the most fruitful marriage of the age was fatally blafted as to the effect of it (g). jealous perfons, both in the court and the country. Only fometimes a fatyrical temper broke out too much, which was imputed to youth and wit not enough practifed to the world. She avoided the appearances of a zealot, or a meddler in bu finefs, and gave herfelf up to innocent chearfulness, and was univerfally esteemed and loved Upon as long as fhe was duchefs. Bur- (g) Their children, befides The first was a daughter, of whom her royal highness was delivered on the 12th of May, 1684; and being dead, was privately interred. II. Lady Mary, fecond daughter, born at July 19, Anne, Anne. Upon the princefs's marriage, the lady Churchill (after1701-2. wards duchefs of Marlborough) was, at the princess's earnest request to her father, made one of the ladies of her bedConduct of chamber, and was at length diftinguished by fo high a place the duchefs of Marlb. in her favour, as perhaps no perfon ever arrived at a Whitehall the zd of June, 1685, (h) Sarah Jennings, daugh- After The beginning of the prin- and |