Daughter of King Charles I
Anne Stuart (17 March 1637 – 5 November 1640) was the daughter of King Charles I and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France . She was one of the couple's three children to die in childhood.
Biography
Life
Anne was born on 17 March 1637 at St. James's Palace , the sixth child and third daughter of King Charles I of England and his queen , Henrietta Maria of France . Her siblings were, in order of birth: Charles James, Duke of Rothesay and Cornwall (13 May 1629); the future Charles II of England ; Mary, Princess Royal and future Princess of Orange ; the future James II of England and Elizabeth of England . Anne was baptised an Anglican at St. James's Palace on 30 March, by William Laud , the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury .[ 2] [ 3] Anne only lived to see the birth of two siblings: the short lived Catherine (29 June 1639) and Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester . She died before the birth of her sister, Princess Henrietta of England , who married Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and had four children by him.[citation needed ]
Death
Aged just three, Anne died in 1640 from the lung disease tuberculosis .[ 4] She was buried in Westminster Abbey , next to her brother Charles James.
Ancestors
Ancestors of Anne Stuart (daughter of Charles I)
Notes
References
Louda, Jiří; Maclagan, Michael (1999) [1981], Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.), London: Little, Brown, ISBN 978-0-316-84820-6
Weir, Alison (1996), Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy (Revised ed.), London: Pimlico, ISBN 978-0-7126-7448-5