According to her Wikipedia article, Georg Friedrich Händel taught her music. She was to marry Louis XV, but the French required her to become Roman Catholic so the negotiations ended. She married Prince of Orange Willem IV. When her husband died at the age of 40 in 1751, Anne was appointed regent for her 3 year-old son, Prince Willem V. She was hard-working, but arrogant and imperious, which made her unpopular. The 1750s were years of increasing tension and commercial rivalry between Holland and Britain, which placed her in a difficult position.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
1736 Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange by Bernard Accama (location unknown to gogm)
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