Princess Anne of Denmark

For other people named Princess Anne of Denmark, see Princess Anne of Denmark (disambiguation).

Princess Georg of Denmark

Anne

Princess Georg of Denmark
Viscountess Anson

Anne at the wedding of Princess Ragnhild of Norway, 15 May 1953

Born| Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon
(1917-12-04)4 December 1917
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died| 26 September 1980(1980-09-26) (aged 62)
London, England
Spouse|

Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson

(m. 1938; div. 1948)​

Prince Georg of Denmark

(m. 1950)​

Issue| Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley
House| Bowes-Lyon
Father| John Bowes-Lyon
Mother| Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis

Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon (4 December 1917 - 26 September 1980) was a member of the Danish royal family by marriage and a first cousin of Elizabeth II.

Born into the Bowes-Lyon family, she married Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson, and had two children, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, before divorcing Anson in 1948. She became a princess of Denmark by her second marriage to Prince Georg of Denmark in 1950.

## Family[edit]

Anne Bowes-Lyon was born in Washington, D.C., in 1917. Her father was the Hon. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and her mother was the Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. Anne had three younger sisters, two of whom were Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, who were institutionalized from 1941 for severe intellectual disability.

Anne's paternal grandfather was Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, father of her aunt Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who was born Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

## Marriages[edit]

Anne married Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Arnold Anson (1913–1958) on 28 April 1938.[1] As her husband held the courtesy title of Viscount Anson, Anne was styled Viscountess Anson upon their marriage. They were divorced in 1948. They had two children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren:

* (Thomas) Patrick John Anson (25 April 1939 - 11 November 2005), who later succeeded his grandfather as the 5th Earl of Lichfield. He married Lady Leonora Grosvenor, daughter of the Duke of Westminster, on 8 March 1975 and they were divorced circa 1986. They had three children and four grandchildren.
* Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Anson (7 June 1941 - 1 November 2020), who worked as a party planner for the Queen. She married Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet on 27 July 1972 and they were divorced in 2009. They had one daughter and two grandchildren.

On 16 September 1950, at Glamis Castle, Anne, Viscountess Anson subsequently married Prince Georg of Denmark, upon which she became Her Highness Princess Anne of Denmark.

Anne died in 1980, aged 62, in London of a heart attack.[2]

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Princess Anne of Denmark

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| 8\. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne|

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| 17\. Charlotte Grimstead

| 4\. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne|

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| 18\. Oswald Smith

| 9\. Frances Dora Smith|

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| 19\. Henrietta Mildred Hodgson

| 2\. The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon|

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| 20\. Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck

| 10\. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck|

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| 21\. Anne Wellesley

| 5\. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck|

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| 22\. Edwyn Burnaby

| 11\. Caroline Louisa Burnaby|

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| 23\. Anne Caroline Salisbury

| 1\. Princess Anne of Denmark|
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| 24\. Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton

| 12\. Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton|

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| 25\. Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr

| 6\. Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton|

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| 26\. Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Baronet

| 13\. Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes|

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| 27\. Harriet Louisa Ann Kerr

| 3\. The Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis|

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| 28\. Lord Mark Robert Kerr

| 14\. Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim|

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| 29\. Charlotte MacDonnell, 3rd Countess of Antrim

| 7\. Lady Jane Grey McDonnell|

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| 30\. Turner Macan

| 15\. Jane Macan|

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| 31\. Harriet Sneyd

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## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

1. ^ "Society Wedding 1938". British Pathe News. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. ^ Time.com

### Bibliography[edit]

* Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.

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Danish princesses by marriage

The generations are numbered from the implementation of hereditary monarchy by Frederick III in 1660.

1st generation|

* Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
* Anne of Great Britain

2nd generation|

* Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

3rd generation|

* Princess Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

4th generation|

* Princess Louise of Great Britain

5th generation|

* Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

6th generation|

* Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
* Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Princess Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
* Princess Caroline of Denmark^

7th generation|

* Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark^
* Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

8th generation|

* Princess Louise of Sweden and Norway
* Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
* Princess Marie of Orléans

9th generation|

* Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Princess Maud of Wales
* Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
* Princess Sophia of Prussia*
* Princess Marie Bonaparte*
* Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia*
* Princess Alice of Battenberg*
* Nonie Stewart*
* Princess Françoise of Orléans*
* Princess Margaretha of Sweden

10th generation|

* Princess Ingrid of Sweden
* Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark^
* Princess Elisabeth of Romania*
* Aspasia Manos*
* Princess Frederica of Hanover*
* Irina Ovtchinnikova*
* Anne Bowes-Lyon

11th generation|

Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark^

12th generation|

* Mary Donaldson
* Alexandra Manley§
* Marie Cavallier
* Marie-Chantal Miller*
* Tatiana Blatnik*
* Nina Flohr*

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§title lost due to divorce and subsequent remarriage

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