Anne of denmark

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Anne of Denmark is shown at full-length, standing, resting her left hand on a red velvet covered table and holding an elaborate ostrich feather fan in her right hand. She wears a bodice with long hanging sleeves which is constructed from white silk decorated with tiny floral motifs in red and gold. Her skirt is of the same fabric and is pinned into pleats over a wide wheel farthingale - a fashion of which the Queen was particularly fond. On her standing lace collar she wears the elaborate…

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Sic transit gloria mundi

Queen Anne's War was one of the precursors of the French and Indian War that would have a huge impact on Colonial America.

Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) by Henry Pierce Bone (Royal Collection, Hillsborough Castle - Hillsborough, Ulster Province, UK) From pinterest.com/lomovskayaolga/women-1/; fixed edges with Photoshop and enlarged by half.

(c) National Trust, Blickling Hall; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

At Deptford, on April 4th, 1581, Francis Drake, who, during the previous autumn, had returned from his triumphant circumnavigation of the globe, knelt before Queen Elizabeth and received a knighthood

On this day (May 1st) in 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created under Queen Anne, with the official merging of Scotland and England.