If she was "lucky" in any way it's due to the fact that she survived all those pregnancies. It' was the leading cause of death for young women in those days.

So many people assume that "people died by 40 back then" when in reality, infant mortality (and maternal mortality) was one of the greatest statistical forces skewing average lifespan numbers down.

Has any medical researcher considered that maybe in addition to the likely autoimmune disease, that she could have suffered from Rh incompatibility? That could lead to repeat miscarriages.

I used to babysit for a lady who had 10 miscarriages. She was deaf. She eventually had two daughters who lived to adulthood. They both had hearing problems though. Very nice people.

No matter how high born or rich you are without good health you have nothing.

I have Palatine German ancestors who fled down the Rhine to England and begged Queen Anne to settle them in Britain. My particular ancestors were settled in Limerick where they stayed for the next 130 years before moving here to Canada. I'm grateful to her for making a place for them to call home.

So devastating for any mother. But 16 children dying is beyond sad 😢

My heart breaks for this poor lady. To be in pain, you're whole life and lose all your children . I hope she is at peace now.

Thank you giving her memory the dignity it deserves.

I remember a quote about Queen Anne that a character in the movie Rob Roy said: "In truth, I've seen healthier graveyards than that women's womb." Can't imagine being pregnant 17 times and not having a single living child. Other than Prince William who died age 11. So very sad :(

Wow, I had no idea she suffered from such ill health during her reign. People talk about her lost children and and the psychological and emotional impacts of those frequent, repeated losses. I had heard little of her health outside of her pregnancies. Thank you for sharing more of her story.

Turns out, Queen Anne style architecture and furniture design is quite beautiful, delicate, and feminine, so who has the last laugh?

An amazing woman who survived horrible tragidies in her lifetime. Bless her soul.

Thank you for a very sympathetic portrait of a remarkable woman.

Bravo to Queen Anne! But I need to add, what a really sad life as well as so painful, mentally and physically. This program is so well done, thank you so much!

I watched this because of my love for History, especially British/Royal Family. I ended up getting more out of it due to your coverage of Queen Anne's constant miscarriages. My mother had 9 miscarriages in the 50's-60's. She was put on Diethylstilbestrol to keep her from losing any more, which they pulled from the market in 1971 due to a rare form of Cancer it was causing in the baby girls once they hit puberty. My sister and I dodged a bullet and did not get it. But, i do have Numerous autoimmune conditions and Blood problems. I have suspected my Mom probably had Anti-phospholipid disease.

🥰The ONLY wonderful narrator on this channel with a pleasing voice, correct use of words and proper pronunciation❣️

My heart breaks for this lady. So much loss, but also so much pressure to produce an heir . I can’t even begin to imagine how suffocating this life must have been for her

17 children in 17 years, mind blowing. Carrying them full term, then have them still born or dying shortly after birth.

Queen Anne new suffering 😢 I feel this was part of the foundation of her kindness but her kindness and intelligence to lead her country was truly who she was. She was a very courageous woman. I feel so much for all her suffering her entire life. In today's world she wouldn't have suffered so horribly. Rest well Queen Anne. A truly remarkable woman. Thank you for doing this video about her. ❤

I feel soo bad for her. How painful to lose all of her children her husband and having to deal with such pain. Becoming grotesque because of her condition must have added insult to injury. But she really did push through that’s a tough woman. Shame on her shitty friend.

It’s always the kindest people who suffer the most. The universe is backwards.

I am barren, never able to get pregnant, but at the infertility group i used to go to was a lady who had suffered 12 miscarriages and was still trying to have a family.

Thank you for this story. We only see the glamour, but the real lives, and often tragedies stay hidden.

She had such a sad life, poor lady.

Anne failed to produce a surviving son, but she did give Royal Ascot to a grateful nation.

I clicked on this video by mistake but I'm so glad I did. I found this very interesting. I really do enjoy the history of England.

I really love looking at all these gorgeous paintings!! Thank you

She was the first Queen of Great Britain as stated. She was not the first Queen of England.

What an admirable queen. To persevere through so much but my god! To lose 17 children!

As a gout sufferer myself, pain free courtesy of allopurinol, Queen Anne with no treatment for it has my sympathy and empathy. It feels like I've slammed my right hand in a car door.

Thank you, so very interesting. I learned all the kings and queens of England/GB many years ago, but you, thankyou, are putting ‘meat on the bones’. God bless Queen Anne.

My grandmother went through that 3 times, 3 boys. My mother only survived. It was later thought to be AB negative factor.

Friends like that who needs enemies.

One of the causes of a high number of miscarriages is a blood disorder called Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS or Hughes Syndrome). It causes strokes and heart attacks in young adults. My daughter has it. At age 15 she had a DVT from her hip to her knee which is how it was diagnosed. Since then she’s had multiple pulmonary embolisms and one in her liver.

You are very good at telling stories…great cadence to your voice and presentation!

The film clips are from the 2018 Yorgos Lanthimos film The Favorite. Olivia Colman won an Oscar for portraying Queen Anne.

Brilliant presentation of Queen Anne and her ghastly experiences along with her triumphs. I can empathise with her pain as I have Lupus. Miraculously, I was able to carry two children to term and they are now in their mid 20’s. Healthy and happy. Autoimmune diseases are different for each individual who suffers from them. I am underweight and able to get about rather well while my older sister had several miscarriages that eventually caused her death at 26. I can imagine her horrific pain just opening her eyes each morning. Carrying out her duties must have been brutal. Poor dear. Abigail was a Godsend for her.

William of Orange, in addition to being James' son in law, was also his nephew; William and Mary, husband and wife, were also first cousins. That would have made William Anne's first cousin as well.

She lived long enough to survive the Princess Sophia, Dowager Electress of Hanover, who died a few weeks before her. If she had died a few weeks earlier, we should have had a Queen Sophia.

I personally think that Queen Anne might have come to see Abigail a bit as a/the daughter she never, could, have and a compassionate friend at the same time. Edit: I hope wherever she went, she was able to forget her suffering.

@9:50, I've got to pause this because I'm laughing too hard to notice what's being said, at the idea that anyone would think this portrait of James suitable for a ruler of any country. They were lucky to get Anne. Great video. Loved The Favorite but had no idea how historically accurate it is.

So sad. I thought Queen Catherine had it tough (for an ex-queen) but at least she was able to live comfortably in her own castle for the rest of her life.

I really enjoy your channel. To me, it shows ALL FOLKS ON EARTH are flawed. I thoroughly enjoy your indepth coverage of facts. I'm 67 and have known of many if the tidbits you show. It's good for me to see the complete story all in 1 place. Keep up your fascinating and correct content. Thank you for making history enjoyable

Re: the title. Queen Anne was, yes, the first Queen of The Kingdom Of Great Britain. Indeed, she was the first Monarch of The Kingdom Of Great Britain, as the Kingdom was born whilst she sat on the separate thrones of England and Scotland until their union. But that makes her "the Kingdom Of Great Britain's first Queen", not "Britain's first Queen". There were Kingdoms on the Island of Britain before The Kingdom Of Great Britain. One was England, which had female Monarchs such as Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I, and others depending on the list you choose. Another was Scotland, where Mary Queen Of Scots was once the female Monarch. Mary The Maid Of Norway was Scotland's Monarch (if you interpret laws and treaties a certain way) for a short time although she never had a chance to officially act as Monarch, dying on the way to her coronation. There may be other female Monarchs if you want to look earlier. But suffice it to say Queen Anne was NOT "Britain's First Queen". (I grant that it is intended to exclude a Queen who isn't a Monarch but is merely married to a King who is a Monarch, and I have not included any of those. Well, Mary Queen Of Scots WAS Queen by virtue of being married to a King, but she was Queen OF FRANCE by marriage. In Scotland she was Queen in her own right, by descent from the immediately-preceding Scots Monarch.)

Thank You for putting all this together for us! :)

Thank you for this episode of Queen Anne. Truly a remarkable woman, blessed with strength and perseverance. Somehow she must have believed at the core of her being that she was worthy of respect, despite all that her so-called friend Churchill did to undermine her. Thank goodness Abigail came into her life. She was the shining light that Anne so desperately needed when everywhere else was darkness.

I call bogus on the account of 14 men needed to carry her coffin because of obesity.🤔 What did she weigh, 2000 pounds? It seems more likely she had a very heavy coffin.

Thank you for this. I just came across it. I'm a new subscriber. I never knew all Queen Anne went thru until seeing this. It actually brought me to tears. To find out what all she endured and still run a country is amazing. I will be following this up. I'm a huge fan of Queen Elizabeth (Tudor) the 1st. She was such a strong woman for her time. Just amazing. Thank you again

An absolutely fascinating story, beautifully written and narrated.

I don't know why I watched this, and I found it fascinating. All the art was magnificent.

To clarify some confusion, it was not until the reign of Queen Ann that England and Scotland were united. Therefore, technically, she was the first queen of a United Kingdom. The earlier examples named were queens of England alone. All points of view have been considered and and weight duly given to the points made. I hope the general confusion is now swept away. It will also have been noted that the narrator spoke with a Scottish accent and will have his own perspective on the matter too, one which will recognise that until Queen Ann, the English monarchs from James 1 of England was also James VI of Scotland and so on until William and Mary, were rulers of two kingdoms, not one country.

I think after the first few losses of babies I would give my body a rest. Can’t imagine the body having that many babies. But I know women have. Can’t imagine the grief.

Thank you for your reporting

I like and appreciate your take on this queen. Thanks!

William of Orange, husband of Anne's older sister Mary, was NOT James's 'stepson." He was James's SON-IN-LAW!

Makes you appreciate modern medicine.

Even for those times, ppl would find her pregnancy fails horrific

Wonderful narration and essay.

“Britain’s first Queen”? This was because the kingdoms of England (+Wales) and Scotland were united into one kingdom in 1707. (She had been queen of both separately from her accession in 1702.)

Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg was named for her son.

We have always had AMAZING QUEENS...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

Those were difficult days, especially for a woman and a Royal, even more so. Power corrupts. Royal power also kills. Those were days when one could not trust anyone else.

Very enjoyable and good narration

There was not one bit of good news in this entire documentary about Queen Anne herself ... it was unbelievably depressing.

Very interesting. I really enjoyed this, and it was educational and informative. thank-you

Thank you for this extraordinary glimpse into Anne's life. Very well researched.

Poor Anne. I feel bad for her.

Hardest working royal ever. She made Great Britain a thing! Many failed in that happening long before her. 😊 In such pain, bad eyes but she read all and more than necessary. Took her role very seriously and went beyond her call of duty.

Poor lady. What a courageous soul

I love the way this story was told, very easy to follow. I feel so sorry for Anne she suffered so much but had to carry on. Lupus is still a horrible disease but there are some medications to help ease the symptoms. Pregnancy is not advised if you have lupus and that is heartbreaking

Rhesus negative? You can bear one healthy baby if father is positive, but the others will not survive.

Poor woman :( On top of all the failed pregnancies and lost children, bad health and a shitty best friend were kind of overkill. But she still rose up and did some awesome things. That IS a pretty boss lady

EXCELLENT, as always. The voice is beautifully modulated and the Scots accent is wonderful! What is your name, sir? 🥰

Another Great Video!!!

Thanks that was a great video

Fantastic video! And so beautifully narrated. I have a DVD copy of the film all those clips were taken from and it was mesmerizing. The actor who played Queen Anne was marvelous. ps This is just a side note but the narrator’s voice and accent are so similar to a KZfaq political commentator who I just love watching and listening to, so that only enhanced my enjoyment of this lovely trip into British history. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sounds like RH factor situation they wouldn't find a shot for this until the 1950s its carried by the mother being 0 negative

Great clip.

Fascinating...

Loved this video. Learned so much more than I did from the movie

Henry VIII's daughters, Mary I and Elizabeth I, (and even Jane Gray [Queen for a little over a week]) all predate Anne. Anne was the 1st Queen of GREAT Britain (you need to add the word GREAT to the title).

Thank you for this fascinating video. So interesting!

She was the first Queen of Great Britain and the last Queen of England

The Whitehall Palace illustation is historically wrong. It was burnt down before the reign of Queen Anne who mostly lived at Hampton Court.

A lot of people in the comments are showing their ignorance about the difference between England, Scotland, and Britain. Anne began her reign as England's 6th Queen Regnant (though 2 were not crowned). She was Scotland's 3rd Queen Regnant. England and Scotland were separate countries sharing the same monarch from James VI and I onwards. Anne was the 1st Queen Regnant of Britain. That is, she was Queen Regnant of a united England and Scotland. Anne was not the 1st Queen Regnant IN Britain, but she was the 1st Queen Regnant OF Britain.

Thank you 🙏

These eyes staring from the paintings, I always think they stare at us! Imagination running wild they’ll start to move, coming out the painting, scare the shyt out of you while screaming KEEKABOOOHOOOOOOO 🤣🤣🫣🫣🫣🫣 🤪😜

Such an excellent narrator.

As several people have already pointed out, the Empress Mathilda was, technically, the first reigning Queen since the Conquest. By his Will, her father appointed her his heir and the nobles assented to her succession, at the time. However, after her father’s death, Stephen challenged her right to the Crown. There then followed the Anarchy, which concluded by a treaty, by which the Empress Mathilda accepted Stephen as King, on condition that her son would then succeed him on his death. Then, of course, she was not Queen of Britain, but only of England, Wales and Ireland. Queen Anne was the first reigning Queen of a formally united Britain Queen Mary II was also Queen of Scotland, but this was by way of a personal union - the two nations were not formally united and, of course, she reigned jointly with her husband, William III, but was, nevertheless, a Sovereign, not a Consort.

Fascinating.

This was really great, thank you. Are the clips from a movie? It looks interesting.

17 pregnancies is 17 years was pretty standard for all women back then. The fact that only1 survived was not that unusual either, no doubt made a bit worse by royal tendency for inbreeding.

Excellent!

Very enlightening.

Like all.i can say is thank God for modern health Care.... Like how can you have 17 Children and only 2 survive.... Thank you God for modern health care....

I have to wonder if the inability to bear children wasn’t a chromosome issue, which is still a problem in this day and age.

I was so thankful when I found out that my (then fiance now husband) and I have the same blood group and rh factor. We have four healthy adult children. My Auntie and Uncle had three daughters and lost two sons due to having different rh factors. She may have had other losses, but often women didn't speak about miscarriage back then.

A woman’s body is amazing how it can recover like that. Yes, we are amazing!

Interesting point of view