Princess Anne of Denmark
| Anne of Denmark | |||||
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| Born |
4 December 1917 Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||||
| Died |
26 September 1980 (aged 62) London, England | ||||
| Spouse |
Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson (m. 1938; div. 1948) Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (m. 1950; her death 1980) | ||||
| Issue |
Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield Lady Elizabeth Anson | ||||
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| Father | The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon | ||||
| Mother | The Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis | ||||
Princess Anne of Denmark (4 December 1917 – 26 September 1980) was the mother of royal photographer Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, and a first cousin of Elizabeth II.
Family
She was born Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon in Washington, D.C., in 1917. Her father was Hon. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon, an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her mother was née Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis), daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. Anne had three sisters, two of whom were Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon. These sisters were later known as 'the Queen's hidden cousins',[1] institutionalized since 1941 for mental disorders.
Anne's paternal grandfather was Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, father of her aunt Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who was born Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Marriages
Anne married Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Arnold Anson (1913–1958) on 28 April 1938. As her husband held the courtesy title of Viscount Anson, Anne was styled Viscountess Anson upon their marriage. They were divorced in 1948. They had two children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren:
- (Thomas) Patrick John Anson (25 April 1939 – 11 November 2005), who later succeeded his grandfather as the 5th Earl of Lichfield. He married Lady Leonora Grosvenor on 8 March 1975 and they were divorced circa 1986. They have three children and two grandsons.
- Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Anson (7 June 1941) she married Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet on 27 July 1972 and were divorced in 2009. They have one daughter and two grandchildren:
- Fiona Elizabeth Fenella Shakerley (18 August 1973) she married Edward Brocas Burrows, son of Anthony Richard Brocas Burrows and Angela Margaret Sheffield, in 2004
- Noah Burrows (1 March 2006)
- Ruby Burrows (2008)
- Fiona Elizabeth Fenella Shakerley (18 August 1973) she married Edward Brocas Burrows, son of Anthony Richard Brocas Burrows and Angela Margaret Sheffield, in 2004
On 16 September 1950 at Glamis Castle she subsequently married Prince George Valdemar of Denmark, upon which she became Princess Anne of Denmark. Her second husband was a great-grandson of both King Christian IX of Denmark and King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway.
Anne died in 1980, aged 62, in London, of a myocardial infarction.[2]
Ancestry
Notes
- ↑ Mary greene, "The Queen's hidden cousin", Daily Mail, 11 Nov 2011, retrieved 14 Nov 2011
- ↑ Time.com
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