Portrait

Anne Hyde

Première Epouse de Jacques II

 

Gravure XVIIIe - 1759

 Dimensions toute la feuille : 16 x 9 cm

Dimensions au coup de planche : 12,5 x 7 cm

infimes rousseurs en lisières, auréole lisière supérieure

Gravure originale du XVIIIe Siècle



 

Lady Anne Hyde, née le 12 mars 1637 - morte le 31 mars 1671, duchesse d'York, fut la première femme de Jacques, duc d'York, futur roi d'Angleterre et d'Écosse sous le nom de Jacques II, elle estt la mère de deux reines : Marie II d'Angleterre et Anne de Grande-Bretagne.


Anne Hyde est fille d'Edward Hyde (1609-1671), plus tard 1er comte de Clarendon, et de Frances Aylesbury.

En 1660, elle épouse secrètement Jacques, alors duc d'York et frère du prétendant en exil au trône d'Angleterre Charles (futur Charles II d'Angleterre) chassé par la révolution d'Oliver Cromwell. La famille Hyde sert fidèlement la famille royale en exil. Anne fut d'ailleurs dame d'honneur de Marie, princesse royale et princesse d'Orange, sœur de Charles et Jacques


Anne, Duchess of York and Albany (Born Anne Hyde; 12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671) was the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII.


Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry – Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon) – and met her future husband when they were both living in exile in the Netherlands. She married James in 1660 and two months later gave birth to the couple's first child, who had been conceived out of wedlock. Some observers disapproved of the marriage, but James's brother, King Charles II of England, wanted the marriage to take place. Another cause of disapproval was the public affection James showed toward Anne, such as kissing and leaning against each other, which was considered improper behaviour from man to wife during the seventeenth century. James and Anne had eight children, but six died in early childhood. The two who survived to adulthood were future monarchs, Mary II and Anne. James was a known philanderer who kept many mistresses, for which Anne often reproached him, and he fathered many illegitimate children.