Anne (1655 – 1714) was the second daughter of James VII and II and his first wife, Anne Hyde.  A staunch Protestant, during 1688 she supported her brother-in-law, William of Orange, much to the distress of her father.  She succeeded William in 1702 and her popularity (compared to ‘Dutch William’) was not helpful to the Jacobite cause. 

Anne married a Danish prince but none of their numerous children reached adulthood.  The death of her last surviving child, Prince William, in 1700, precipitated the crisis leading to the 1701 Act of Settlement in England. Anne pushed for the 1707 Act of Union to prevent the Scots choosing a different successor to the candidate decided upon by the English (Sophia, Electress of Hanover). Pictured here with sceptre and orb, Anne was the last reigning Stuart.