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House of Stuart
Consort Born Born where Married Died Died where Buried Children Portrait
1603-19 1574 Skanderborg Castle,
Denmark		 James I
in 1589 in
1. Kronborg
Castle,
Denmark
By proxy

2. Oslo,
Denmark

 		16191 Hampton Court Palace,
Surrey		 Westminster Abbey,
London1		 Charles I1 Portrait

Anne
of Denmark
1625-49 1609 Louvre
Palace,
Paris,
France		 Charles I
in 1625 in
1. Notre Dame,
Paris,
France
By proxy

2. Canterbury
Cathedral,
Kent

 1669 Colombes,
France 		Basilica of Saint Denis,
France 		Charles II

James II

Henrietta
Maria
1649-1660 1

Commonwealth
1662-85 1638 Vila Vicosa,
Portugal		 Charles II
in 1662 in
1. Lisbon,
Portugal
By proxy

2. Garrison Church,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire

 1705 Lisbon,
Portugal		 Santa Maria de Belém,
Lisbon,
Portugal		 1 1

Catherine
of Braganza
1685-88 1658 Modena,
Italy		 James II
in 1673 in
1. Modena,
Italy
By proxy

2. Dover Castle,
Kent

 1718 Saint-Germain-
en-Laye,
France		 Chaillot,
France		 1 Portrait

Mary
of Modena
1
1688-89 1

Interregnum
1689-1702 1 1 Mary II
in 1677 married
William III
in St James's
Palace,
London

Joint rulers

 1 1 1 1 1

No consort
2
1702-08 1653 Copenhagen,
Denmark		 Anne
in 1683 in
St James's
Palace,
London		 1708 Kensington Palace,
London 		Westminster Abbey,
London		 11 Portrait

George
of Denmark

Notes
1. Mary of Modena was James II's second wife. His first - Anne Hyde - never become Queen as she died in 1671, fourteen years before he ascended the throne. She was the mother of the future Mary II and Anne.

2. From 1689-94 Mary II and her husband William III ruled jointly. On Mary's death in 1694, William ruled alone until his death in 1702.

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