Princess Anne of Denmark

Anne
Princess Georg of Denmark
Viscountess Anson
Anne at the wedding of Princess Ragnhild of Norway, 15 May 1953
BornAnne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon
(1917-12-04)4 December 1917
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died26 September 1980(1980-09-26) (aged 62)
London, England
Spouse
Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson
(m. 1938; div. 1948)
(m. 1950)
IssuePatrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley
HouseBowes-Lyon
FatherJohn Bowes-Lyon
MotherFenella 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

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

Anne married Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Arnold Anson (1913–1958) on 28 April 1938. 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:

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.

Ancestry


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