Mary and Anne of Denmark

Mary (; 2 June 1685 8 February 1687) and Anne Sophia ( ; 12 May 1686 2 February 1687) were the only two daughters born to Princess Anne and Prince George of Denmark to survive more than a day; neither lived to to see their second birthday.
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Princess Anne went into labour on 1 June and Mary was born on 2 June 1685 at Whitehall Palace and christened the next day by Henry Compton.
In early 1687, while at Windsor Castle, both the girls and their father became ill with smallpox. The younger Anne Sophia succumbed to the illness on 2 February. Two-year-old Mary died almost a week after her younger sister, at approximately seven o'clock in the evening. Mary's funeral was held at Westminster Abbey on 10 February<ref namelg/> and Anne Sophia's on 4 February, at the same Abbey<ref namelg/>. They had four more siblings born alive, while only one, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, survived past his birthday and died aged eleven. Fifteen years after the girls' deaths, Princess Anne became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and five years later, the Acts of Union 1707 were passed and England and Scotland united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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