Queen Anne of Great Britain

I found alot of intrest in the post about [name]Emmeline[/name] Pankhurst and [name]Queen[/name] [name]Victoria[/name] and have actually been looking up royal families. I found one that was quite interesting and depressing.

[name]Queen[/name] [name]Anne[/name] had a total of 17 pregnancies. 9 of which ended with a still born children and 5 of which ended in miscarriage. None of her children lived to be 2 years old:( except for [name]William[/name] who lived to be 11. One out of 17, how terribly depressing:(

NAME: BIRTH: DEATH:
Stillborn Daughter 12 [name]May[/name] 1684 12 [name]May[/name] 1684
[name]Mary[/name] 2 [name]June[/name] 1685 8 February 1687
[name]Anne[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] 12 [name]May[/name] 1686 2 February 1687
Miscarriage [name]January[/name] 1687 [name]January[/name] 1687
Stillborn [name]Son[/name] 22 [name]October[/name] 1687 22 [name]October[/name] 1687
Miscarriage 16 [name]April[/name] 1688 16 [name]April[/name] 1688
[name]William[/name] 24 [name]July[/name] 1689 29 [name]July[/name] 1700
[name]Mary[/name] (still born) 14 [name]October[/name] 1690 14 [name]October[/name] 1690
[name]George[/name](still born) 17 [name]April[/name] 1692 17 [name]April[/name] 1692
Stillborn Daughter 23 [name]April[/name] 1693 23 [name]April[/name] 1693
Stillborn Child 21 [name]January[/name] 1694 21 [name]January[/name] 1694
Stillborn Daughter 18 February 1696 18 February 1696
Miscarriage 20 [name]September[/name] 1696 20 [name]September[/name] 1696
Stillborn Daughter 25 [name]March[/name] 1697 25 [name]March[/name] 1697
Miscarriage [name]December[/name] 1697 [name]December[/name] 1697
[name]Charles[/name] (stillborn) 15 [name]September[/name] 1698 15 [name]September[/name] 1698
Stillborn Daughter 25 [name]January[/name] 1700 25 [name]January[/name] 1700

While terribly depressing, its very interesting in my opinion, i wonder why they chose to name some of the still born children and not most. I also noticed they had two [name]Marys[/name]. Names were very repetitive back then! [name]Just[/name] thought i would share

That is quite interesting, and most depressing for poor [name]Queen[/name] [name]Anne[/name]! She chose VERY traditional names for her children…