Read part two here. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England and Ireland and Queen of Scots on 8 March 1702.On 1 May 1707, when England and Scotland combined into a single kingdom, Anne became the first sovereign of the Kingdom of Great Britain.She continued to reign until her death. Anne (6 February 1665 - 1 August 1714) was the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. 1 On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. When the future Queen Anne was born in February 1665, she was noted not to be a strong child. Read part six here. Genealogy profile for Anne, Queen of Great Britain. United Kingdom - United Kingdom - Anne (1702–14): Queen Anne, daughter of James II and the last of the Stuarts, inherited a country that was bitterly divided politically. Among all of the children of the Duke of York, only Anne and her older sister, Mary, survived beyond adolescence. Genealogy for Anne Stuart, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (1665 - 1714) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. Born on February 6th, 1665, she was the fourth child of the Duke of York. Read part four here. Anne, like the other Stuarts before her, relied heavily upon court favourites. Queen Anne's heritage and early life did not make her an ideal candidate to become Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Her weak eyesight and indifferent health forced her to rely more upon her ministers than had any of her Stuart predecessors, but she was no less effective for that. When Anne became queen in 1707, she made Sarah the Keeper of the Privy Purse, and awarded Sarah and her husband, John Churchill, the titles of Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. At least Queen Anne’s reign did have a lasting political impact on Great Britain. Anne was laid to rest in the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey, next to her husband as she had requested. Her physician wrote, “Sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death was to her.” Great Britain had become one of the great powers during Queen Anne’s reign, yet she received little credit for this. During Anne's reign the two-party system of politics (Whigs & Tories) was born, and in 1707 England and Scotland were fully united into Great Britain. December 12, 2018 Moniek Anne Queen of Great Britain, The Royal Women 0 (public domain) Read part one here. Clip from the History File series, which discusses the reign of Queen Anne of Great Britain. Read part five here.