Anne Stuart (daughter of Charles I)

For the British Queen see Anne, Queen of Great Britain. For the living British princess see Anne, Princess Royal.

Anne Stuart (17 March 1637 – 5 November 1640)^[1] 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.

Anne Stuart
Princess Anne in c. 1639.
Born	17 March 1637 St. James's Palace, London
Died	5 November 1640(1640-11-05) (aged 3) Richmond Palace, London[1]
Burial	8 December 1640[a] Westminster Abbey, London
House	Stuart
Father	Charles I
Mother	Henrietta Maria of France

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.^[1] 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)

8. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley[5] 4. James I of England (VI of Scotland) 9. Mary, Queen of Scots[5] 2. Charles I of England 10. Frederick II of Denmark[6] 5. Anne of Denmark 11. Sophia of Mecklenburg[6] 1. Princess Anne 12. Anthony, Duke of Vendôme[7] 6. Henry IV of France 13. Joan III of Navarre[7] 3. Henrietta Maria of France 14. Francis I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany[7] 7. Marie de' Medici 15. Joanna of Austria[7]

Notes

1. Some sources place her death on this day, e.g. Chester, Joseph Lemuel (editor) (1876). The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster. Page 134. London: Harleian Society.