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908 matches to Queen Anne’s War
Jennings, Sarah. 1660-1744. Influential Duchess of Marlborough in court of Queen Anne.
Juliana. 1909-. Queen of Netherlands 1948-80.
Kalmar Union. 1397-1523. Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Established by Queen Margaret of Denmark.
Leda. Spartan Queen. Mother of Helen, Castor, Pollux.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of. 1532-88. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
Liluokalani. 1838-1917. Last Hawaiian queen 1891-5. Abdicated. Aloha Oe.
Margaret. 1353-1412. Queen of Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Formed Kalmar Union 1397.
Margaret. Maid of Norway. 1283-90. Queen of Scotland 1286-. Betrothed to son of Edward I. Death led to England claiming Scotland, Civil War 1290-1314. Robert the Bruce.
María Cristina II. 1858-1929. Spanish queen consort. As regent, 1885-1902, lost Spanish American War.
Maria Luisa. 1751-1819. Spanish queen to Charles IV. With lover Godoy, ruined Spain’s finances.
Marie Antoinette. 1755-93. Daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, Queen Consort to Louis XVI. Guillotined for seeking US aid vs French Revolution. -“Let them eat cake”.
Marie de Medici. 1573-1642. Queen consort to Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII. Regent 1610-14. Built Luxembourg Palace. Opposed Richelieu. Banished 1630. Died penniless.
Marie Thérèse. 1638-83. Queen Consort to Louis XIV. Daughter of Philip IV. Unpaid dowry caused War of Devolution.
Mary I. Bloody Mary. 1516-58. Tudor queen of England 1553-. Married Philip II of Spain. Reinstated Roman Catholicism 1555. Persecuted Protestants. Lost Calais.
Mary II. 1662-94. Queen of England with William III, 1689-. Expelled her father, James II.
Mary Stuart. 1542-87. Queen of Scots 1542-67. Abdicated. Married Francis II. Queen of France 1559-60. Married Darnley 1565. Married Bothwell 1567, causing Scottish Revolt. Beheaded with Babington by Elizabeth I. Mother of James I.
Mortimer, Roger. c1287-1330. Lover of Queen Isabella. Deposed Edward II and ruled 1327-. Executed by Edward III.
Nefertiti. 14C BC. Egyptian queen to Akhenaton.
Omphale. Mythical Queen of Lydia served by Hercules.
Purcell, Henry. 1658-1695. English chorale composer. First English opera. Dido and Aeneas 1689. King Arthur 1691. Fairy Queen 1692.
Queen Anne’s War. 1702-13. French vs English in North America in War of Spanish Succession.
Queensberry Rules. 1867. Boxing.
Semiramis. Assyrian queen, goddess. Founded Babylon.
Sheba. (Saba’). Biblical country in south Arabia. 10C BC Colonized Ethiopia. 2C BC Overrun by Persia. Bilqis, Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.
Spanish Succession, War. 1701-14. Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs Spain, France. Opposed French Philip V succession to Spanish throne creating power imbalance. Queen Anne’s War.