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WHAT HAPPENED TO QUEEN ANNE’S CHILDREN Stuart history documentary | Royal history | History Calling

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@HistoryCalling4 years ago Why do you think Queen Anne lost so many of her children to miscarriage and stillbirth? Let me know in the comments below and check out my Patreon site for extra perks at ... 101
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@kkandsims46123 years ago The fact her body actually managed to have 18 pregnancy’s back then without giving out after then 5 or 6th child is amazing 563
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@arualblues_zero3 years ago Just picture this poor woman, heartbroken beyond anything I could ever imagine, but instead of being able to properly mourn her last lost child, back into the marital bed, pressuring herself into getting pregnant over and over again, just because she was the queen and needed an heir. It squeezes my heart. ... 342
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@nonosays3 years ago It is almost unthinkable mental and physical torture to lose 17 babies.
Poor woman! 231
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@ARiddle19863 years ago I'm amazed she didn't go mad. Somehow she kept it together and pushed herself through all of those pregnancies. Her legacy for me is her strength and determination. 59
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@rebeccashaw57243 years ago Her losing two pregnancies, as well as her daughters, dying within days of each other in the same year, is horrific. :-( Poor Queen Anne. 232
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@BSG00053 years ago Miscarriages and infant mortality may have been common for the time, but I’m sure the heartbreak is no less painful. 119
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@veronicaroach36673 years ago I'm 81 now but in my work in UK as a young woman I visited old people a lot, and was amazed at how many of the old ladies used to tell me that they had 4 or 5 children 'but only raised nn ' (less than the birth number) - that told me how common it was to lose a child in those days...it was very sad, and that is right up to WW2 I am talking about. So we must never take for granted how lucky we are to live in modern times & have a lot of the issues that took children at an early age now prevented .....all the childhood diseases were common before the max vax era. Some of those antivaxers out there need to be educated on what the situation used to be before such things were globally available ! And those poor women of the previous centuries had to endure so much heartbreak ! ... 214
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@maryellencook95283 years ago As a retired Maternal-Child RN with 34 years experience in the field, my first thought was Queen Anne's body was exhausted and didn't have time to recover between miscarriages. Couple that with the "sticky blood" theory, it's surprising that she had the 3 children who survived as long as they did. ... 192
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@kittymr.hedgehog74573 years ago I found out 3 years ago that is what caused my 9 miscarriages, it was a relief and a curse at the sametime, I feel for the Queen in those days no matter who's fault it was, it was always the woman's fault, the guilt is real and sometimes debilitating. ... 196
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@Timeflyer23 years ago I don’t think it helped that her body wasn’t given time to heal between pregnancies and miscarriages was partially responsible. 62
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@semiramide19453 years ago Somewhat off topic, but Mary Stuart Queen of Scots, an ancestor of Anne, executed 1587, When her tomb in under floor of Westminster was opened in Victorian times, her casket with it's lead seals intact after over 300 years, was found to be surrounded by the tiny caskets of many of Anne's dead or miscarried babies- ... 29
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@ImCarolB3 years ago My husband's grandmother, born in 1900, had an Rhneg. blood type and lost five of her 9 children. She had three boys, lost 5 children as infants or toddlers, and happily, the ninth, a girl, survived. She spoke of her deep, deep sorrow every time she recognized the signs in another child. One evening, she was holding her sick child and feeling that she couldn't bear it any more. She felt a presence in the room, and looking up, she saw Jesus with her other children. You may not believe that, but it gave her strength to trust that her babies were safe. When she was very old, she would talk about her future hope of being "with Eli (her husband) and the little ones". ... 313
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@alicewatt4163 years ago 17 pregnancies the poor woman,she must have spent the whole of young years being pregnant with nothing but heartbreak. I don't think being a queen back in those would have been much of a life,so much expectation and pressure to create the next king especially when she was supposed to be at fault if no son was produced. Great video ... 61
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@christmasina2 years ago I started listening to the birth and losses and my first thought was I can’t believe there is another woman out there who is like me. I stopped counting at 12 miscarriages. I also had 2 sets of twins that only one survived. I still ended up with 9 children. I can get pregnant so easily, but holding onto them is not so easy. I wonder about her recorded stillbirths. I wonder if she miscarried but the baby was so developed they counted it as a still birth. The fact that they saw the babies sex means she was at least 4 months. So devastating. She didn’t have any little one to hold in the end. ... 32
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@PrincessQ-fj9ly10 months ago Poor Queen Anne........😢 I can't imagine losing ONE baby, much less SEVENTEEN OR EIGHTEEN! That must've been torture! Lucy Worsley describes her perfectly, theologically fit to rule, but biologically cursed. 😢 Just heartbreaking! 😭 I wish I could hug her. ❤ ... 6
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@ritawoodland20933 years ago My cousin's wife had a divided uterus of unequal sizes, she gave birth to a healthy boy without knowing there was an issue.
Tragically their next child a daughter was born prematurely at 7 months and was stillborn.
This was when they discovered the problem.
Doctors believe their first child was conceived in the larger side while the girl was in the smaller side and possibly did not get the right amount of blood flow, nutritional value needed.
It was never repaired however once aware they monitored following pregnancies carefully to ensure feotus was growing on the bigger side. ... 46
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@conmckfly3 years ago Besides losing her children, her hormones must have been fluctuating like crazy. Plus add in post-partum depression. 37
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@bostonblackie95033 years ago This is simply a sign of the times. It is amazing she lived long enough to have conceived so many children. 30
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@anneterry36603 years ago Pregnancy complications not recognized include the Rh blood factor, a reasonable consideration for Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn as noted in this video. Jane Seymour's postpartum infection is frustrating thinking simple hygiene could possibly have prevented her death. Child bed fever also called puerperal fever origin is attributed to Ignaz Semmelweis (b. 1818 - d. 1865), an Austrian-Hungarian physician known for his research into puerperal fever and his advances in medical hygiene. Semmelweis is said to have championed hand washing and changing bedding or mattress (linens were sometimes not used) immediately following birth. Women often remained in the bed, on the linens and mattresses with blood and fluids of the birthing process, a feast for bacteria and exponential growth, systemic sepsis, and death within seven to 10 days on average. ... 21
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@wezgray23 years ago I’ve read she could have had lupus which does fit many of her other ailments (butterfly rash, joint pain, fatigue) and her pregnancy losses.
“Pregnancy in lupus is prone to complications, including flares of disease activity during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, preeclampsia, miscarriage, stillbirth, intrauterine growth retardation, and preterm birth.” ... 105
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@GradKat3 years ago I can clearly remember a history lesson in which our teacher told us that Anne had 17 pregnancies. I was astounded, as at that time I had a strange belief that women couldn’t get pregnant more than twice (🤣🤣🤣🤣).
Can you imagine conceiving time after time, and yet still leaving no living child when you died? Awful for any woman, but especially for a Queen. ... 62
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@EvanMurphyCapstone2 years ago I have had 13 pregnancies ...(5 still living) ....I cannot imagine her pain , loss, and utter sense of hopelessness and loss of meaning and fulfillment........so many prayers for this tragic figure 4
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@kathrynjordan87822 years ago I can’t imagine losing 17 children. Anne had to have been horrified with the loss of so many children. May those children Rest In Peace 5
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@ChrisMhiclochlainn2 years ago Queen Anne’s story is definitely a sad one. Yes infant and childhood mortality was a lot higher then but it’s hard to imagine as a parent myself the pain Anne and George must have experienced losing all 18 of their children. The oldest one only lived to be 11. I honestly think that if she had any other titles other than heir presumptive and Queen, her and her husband would have stopped trying to have children at some point because it was too painful. But being as she was the Queen and last surviving Stuart I’m sure the pressure of duty to produce a living heir was immense. ... 9
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@jillkursner64943 years ago Poor,poor,lady...
Having suffered a stillbirth I can't imagine her anguish....Even giving the times.... 7
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@bilindalaw-morley1612 years ago I am genuinely surprised poor Anne didn’t have a complete mental breakdown. I think the few successful pregnancies would have added to her heartbreak. They seem to have happened in the middle, as it were, of several miscarriages, and so would have given her false hope after those isolated “successes” I honestly cannot even begin to imagine how she must have felt. She must have been amazingly brave and probably very religiously devout. I say devout because her faith would have been her main comfort, although personally I’d be really angry with the Big Guy!
I’m also surprised she didn’t have a physical collapse too. It was probably unfortunate that she was so remarkably fertile, as her body had no time to heal after a miscarriage.
As Lizzy number One said, “the meek and feeble body of a woman” was regarded as no equal to a man’s. I wonder if many men could go through what Anne did with such bravery and resilience. ... 8
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@goatsandroses42583 years ago There's no words for that. Sometimes our society teaches a romanticized nostalgia under the guise of history (or doesn't teach history at all). If given the choice, I wonder if she would rather haven been Queen (which did generally mean you'd have food, clothing, and shelter unless you were deposed), OR to have been able to see her children thrive and grow up? Of course, some people lived in grinding poverty AND lost their children. Whether people back then were honestly tougher than we are, drawing on deep faith and a resilient spirit, or just so traumatized and shell-shocked by constant death, suffering, and tragedy that they disassociated from themselves or cut off their emotions and just got by the best they could, I don't know. ... 31
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@nathelondon37192 years ago My great-grandmother had 18 pregnancies and was blessed to raise 13 children to adulthood without doctors, nurses or inoculations! 4
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@tanyabrown98393 years ago Who knows what treatments she may have been receiving to help her have children... they could have been doing something which was poisoning them. 17
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@jayniestanley47303 years ago That poor dear soul. I think I would have gone stark raving mad!!!!! Nobody deserves that. She could have had any number of things. 11
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@beth79353 years ago Awesome! I agree 100% that usually, having several miscarriages, stillbirths & deaths in infancy didn't indicate anything out of the ordinary, very sadly. I also agree that Anne's history was out of the ordinary tho, & might not just be the Stuart bad luck. I love historical "diagnosis" (ie, speculation!) & Anne appears in a book I have about historical people's health. The author suggests placental insufficency causing intra-uterine growth retardation, & notes that it's often associated with high blood pressure, which fits with Anne's later health problems... Who knows, but it must've been beyond horrible for her & George :( ... 44
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@thefadingmoonlightlast year I feel so bad for her. Losing child after child must have been heartbreaking. 2
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@karenhoskins91263 years ago I have wondered if so many women lost children due to having so many pregnancies too close together 10
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@jennaolbermann76633 years ago I wonder whether she may have had a weak cervix and maybe that contributed to the issue of carrying to term. So tragic to experience that much loss. 42
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@ninabeaners3 years ago So sad. I’ve had a few miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy and that was hard on my mental state. I couldn’t imagine going through that, on top of the added pressure of her status and expectations of producing a healthy heir. ... 9
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@jennifercrawford74943 years ago someone has already mentioned lupus, which does seem to be a good fit. Both for her tragic obstetric history as well as other symptoms she had throughout her life. Love your channel, looking forward to more! 60
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@gerardfrancisbyrne86563 years ago I have worked in radio for several years you have a voice and dictation that is so easy to understand as a musician I can haar the lliltt in your voice 31
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@patriciac19873 years ago Thanks, I feel for the poor woman, queen or not, no one deserves so many lost births 12
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@OWOT-re5jf3 years ago Such a glorious sweet lady who took her title seriously but suffered from a physically strained body! 7
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@itachi-kun77362 years ago To think that Queen Anne lived near 50 after 17-18 Pregnancies is a miracle during in the early 1700s 2
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@beverlybarnes31222 years ago This is the 1st time I've heard her story. And my heart is breaking. She tried her best. What she did was almost superhuman. RIP dear lady. I'm sure she's happy with her children now.💕 3
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@Tamarad823 years ago Apart from the blood clotting theory, my mother is RH Negative and gave birth to 6 children, one of whom died at 10 days. Two of her children were also RH Negative (including myself) and therefore helped with the pregnancies she had after. The Rhogam shot came out in 1965 (I believe, the year her last child was born). My husband is B+ and I am A-. With my first child I had the Rhogam shot at 27 weeks pregnant but didn’t have to have one after she was born as it was determined she was also A-. This surprised me but the doctor said my husband has a recessive gene that caused this. Anyway, whether or not this played a factor in her pregnancies, what a tragic life she had. ... 9
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@harrietlyall19913 years ago Regarding your question, I’d say that your video sets out very clearly the possible causes of such a catastrophic series of child deaths. Queen Anne is, as you truly say, deserving of deepest sympathy. What I find astonishing is how she managed to rule so competently. Other rulers with better luck were less able. Historian R J Unstead compares the reign of Queen Anne against that of her contemporary, Louis XIV of France. Louis had vibrant health and every other attribute, yet, by the end of his reign, France was on track for the French Revolution. By the end of Anne’s reign, by contrast, Britain was on track for the British Empire. Louis ended up losing all his battles, whereas Anne’s general, the Duke of Marlborough, fought successfully for her. She was the first to be titled monarch of Great Britain. She gave her name to a famously elegant and cultured age. Nobody seems to have had a bad word to say about her. How such a suffering, ailing lady could be a strong, successful ruler is a conundrum of history. ... 31
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@shirleyjenkins113 years ago Thank you for this video. Queen Anne is actually a 1st cousin albeit so many times removed..we have also had twins in the family since that didn't survive. I've always felt such deep sympathy for her. Poor woman how devastating life must have been for her. ... 5
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@jamesmed43 years ago Queen Katherine of Aragon had many pregnancies and deaths of children in the 1500s. We jump to the mid 1700s with Queen Charlotte and she had 15 children with only 2 dying very young. Of course Queen Victoria roughly a century later having 9 successful pregnancies in the mid 1800s. There must be more examples throughout Royal European History since it would of been documented because of their positions. This would be a fascinating documentary subject. ... 5
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@jacquelinenoble66402 years ago This poor woman!! The physical and mental anguish she must have gone through. Her poor body must have been done. I cannot imagine her anguish. 1
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@eliscanfield39133 years ago Sounds kinda like my mother's medical history (and mind, her first was stillborn about 1975) All 3 of her children who survived to be born are still alive, but then, small pox went extinct about the same time her eldest surviving was born. Both my sibs were the sole survivors of multiples, and then there were the entirely lost. ... 8
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@Anna-jr8gu3 years ago Thanks for sharing! Poor woman, I can only imagine the pain! 💔 13
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@voyaristika56733 years ago I've never heard discussion on theories of Anne's horrific losses. I think the Hughes Syndrome theory sounds likely. Even for the times her track record of loss is extremely high. I cant even imagine enduring what she did. Very interesting presentation. Thank you! ... 7
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@lauralaladarling37752 years ago Thank you for a concise but moving video of Queen Anne off horrific loss of so many babies; totally heartbreaking. Thank goodness the Duke of Gloucester survived. Xxxxxx 1
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@gloriaharper25723 years ago The amount of time and studying that has given us this insight into this tragic Queen is phenomenal. Thank you. Having read most of the comments I have nothing more to say, everyone of them is enlightening. Once again a terrific listen to historical facts I would never have known and enjoyed thanks to your knowledge. ... 13
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@cj.t.73213 years ago That was Beautifully Presented, and Informative!! I look forward to hearing from you again! 👏👏👏✨💗 17
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@zsong96003 years ago The infant mortality rate used to be so high I kind of feel lucky to even be here. I also can’t help but feel for the women throughout history that have had to suffer through such losses and be blamed for it. 5
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@southernwanderer79123 years ago Great narration and explanations on the loss of Queen Anne's children. 1
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@TK-tcbk12 years ago Years ago I read Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman. It’s an excellent read. But she had so many miscarriages before her first daughter. And the author really makes you feel how sad and guilty and so many other emotions that Georgiana went through those first ten years of her marriage. You hear the numbers but when detail is given on how she felt each time and all…it’s just so sad. One miscarriage is unbelievably difficult. These poor women had so many.♥️ ... 5
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@judystine27833 years ago My first baby a son only lived 3 days, named Robert. The next year another son who we also named Robert. My mother wasn’t happy about that, I still don’t see the problem. One was here one wasn’t. We love them both the same, a name is just a name. ... 3
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@peachymeechie18443 years ago I just found this channel, and love it!! Thank you so much for all the info, and for going in-depth with the topic. Most other people just breeze by things that some of us would really like to know more about. So i like your style. Keep'em coming, and I'll keep on watching!! ... 12
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@gerrimilner94482 years ago i dont know why i watched this, ever since i first herd this i weep uncontrollably every time i hear about it. this poor womans life is heartbreaking 1
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@lakeshagadson3573 years ago i like these kind of stories about different people who are royals and another lifestyle. 1
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@bobfitz2 years ago One theory about the high incidence of stillborn and feeble births to the upper classes in England was their drinking of wine. It was not the wine that caused the problem, but the lead that was used to seal the bottles. This allowed lead to leach into the wine and caused low level lead poisoning in pregnant women, leading to the termination of pregnancies. It was postulated that this was why "high born" women suffered from this excessively as opposed to lower class women, who tended to drink ale, not wine. It seems plausible to me, but I never saw any data supporting the hypothesis. ... 4
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@anitahargreaves95263 years ago Never heard of her. Heart breaking, Thank you for sharing. 🇬🇧 1
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@aprilgraham-tash11243 years ago How terribly devastating for ANY woman. 💔 Then, if you add in the reality of her being a Royal female during that time period (where producing an Heir to the Throne was pretty much an absolute necessity), it's a recipe for disaster. Just my opinion, but perhaps the continuous "back to back" pregnancies, without allowing suffucient time for her body to recover from the previous one, was a huge factor in the majority of the losses. It's just so very sad. 😢 ... 2
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@mrbrenno7762 years ago As a descendant of the Stuart line I found this quite interesting. Sharing this with my relatives, will add it to our family history. 2
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@fafifiyee3 years ago Really quite astonishing how the Stuarts were infertile in comparison to the Hanoverians. 36
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@wightangel3 years ago Being an lover of history, I find this very edcational. Thank you. 4
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@sharonfleming63142 years ago Omg wat she went through x bless her ♥️ I do agree if they had the care then like we do today it would of been a different outcome 🙂awww and about the rabbits that is lovely 🙂as always another brilliant video 👍👍 2
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@debbieanne79622 years ago A friend of mine in Australia was born in Greece. She told me her grandmother had 13 children. All but 2 daughters died as infants. They lived in a village, the time period would have been early 1900s. My friend stated they died after been given the evil eye ... 2
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@aileensmith68063 years ago Good lord. Poor woman needed a rest/break. 7
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@terencebennison62753 years ago We will probably never know for sure. It could be a medical reason, a stress related problem or some other cause. What is for sure is the medical care in those times couldn't identify the reasons or help in any way, so poor Anne had to go through the trauma of all those pregnancies. ... 10
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@nassauguy483 years ago Queen Anne had a very tough life. The death of her mother at such a young age, estrangement from her father, living in the shadow of her older sister from whom she also became estranged, having to step aside for her brother in law to reign as King following the death of her sister, and enduring 18 doomed pregnancies. The impact of all those births, coupled with severe depression, caused her to overeat to the point of morbid obesity. Toward the end of her 49 years, her legs literally gave out, and she had to be carried around in an ornate stretcher. Some historians claim that her condition was worse than that of Henry VIII. (At least he was very tall, and of course, a man). ... 3
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@suzzook40392 years ago I am a descendant through the Hyde line. So glad you posted this!
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@i.p.9563 years ago The story of her children breaks my heart, how mentally strong must have she been to keep trying! 1
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@annmoore66782 years ago When I heard that the number of followers was so important to your success, I started going back to hear all the posts from before I found you. Wishing you continued success with this endeavor. Such possibilities weren’t available for my generation and, as a trailing spouse and young mother, I struggled for many years to get an academic career underway. ... 1
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@simpaticaism2 years ago I do enjoy your posts but the talk is hyper fast and not so easy to follow , apart from Anne’s tragic loss of children I believe she started a lovely design in houses and interiors , would be nice to hear about that side of her life. ... 2
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@tanyaevers-jordan86242 years ago This was such an interesting and sad video. 1
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@heidibee5012 years ago I see two possible causes for Anne's tragic losses. One is her persistent determination to provide an heir. Perhaps she had a delicate physique that would have benefited from considerably longer pauses in between pregnancies. The other possibility is the tendency of royal families to draw from a limited gene pool with frequent inter-familial marriages. I am not sufficiently versed in her life's choices to know if these facts would apply to Queen Anne. ... 4
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@ephialtesjackson36202 years ago I was like wow for the first few but it just kept coming. That poor woman.
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@catherinehengen46043 years ago I also think it was something with blood cludding. For her sister Mary who wasn t conceiving after some miscarriaged it can be Ashermans syndrome, uterine scarring that makes sterile 5
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@kittys.28703 years ago I'd like to hear about King James and Johanna de Beaufort please. 4
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@MommyNTheRoyals2 years ago Gosh that list 💔 so many little souls not Given a chance 1
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@lizabear70142 years ago My grandfather was named after an older brother who died during the 1918 flu pandemic. Recycling of childrens names still happens 2
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@kate_cooper3 years ago I always felt sorry for Queen Anne, she really suffered with her health and didn't seem to get much of a break and to lose all those children as well must have been heartbreaking. It's also likely she was blamed for it which can't have been easy for her. ... 2
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@kasie6803 years ago Oh my heart💔❤️‍🩹
The poor lady, that’s simply heartbreaking, I think it would be easier if she couldn’t conceive 🥺 falling pregnant was just cruel, I can’t imagine the hope, then devastation, then the questions that were never answered, how very cruel 🥺💔 ... 1
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@tamarakindle733 years ago Great video so interesting and heartbreaking. Something had to be wrong, the numbers are so high. I have no clue what it was though. 3
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@playnicechannel3 years ago I have read many but not all comments and agree with those who suspect clotting disorders and/or Lupus, but her specific history of stillbirth as well as miscarriage would lean me in the direction of two serious clotting disorders MTHFR and Factor V Leiden both of these genetic mutations often cause even babies who survive their gestations to be medically fragile children. Regardless of a cause this is one of the saddest of all British Royal stories. ... 2
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@katiearcher44753 years ago I just gave birth to my 3rd child 4 days ago.
I cant even fathom 17 pregnancies and losing every single child. 5

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