I whanau a Anne i te 11:39 pm i te 6 o Hui-tanguru 1665 i te St James's Palace, London, te wha o nga tamariki me te tamahine tuarua o te Duke o York (i muri mai ko James II me VII), me tana wahine tuatahi, ko Anne Hyde. Ko tana papa te teina o King Charles II, nana i whakahaere nga kingitanga e toru o Ingarangi, Scotland me Ireland, a ko tona whaea te tamahine a Lord Chancellor Edward Hyde, 1st Earl o Clarendon. I tana iriiringa Anglican i te Chapel Royal i St James's, ko tana tuahine matua, ko Mary, tetahi o ona godparents, me te Duchess o Monmouth me te Archbishop o Canterbury, Gilbert Sheldon. E waru nga tamariki a Anne me te Duchess o York, engari ko Mary anake nga tamariki i tae ki te pakeke. I a Anne e noho ana i te wa o te tamaiti, i mate ia mai i te mate o te Duke o York, ko ia te tino rangatira o nga Arapi, ko te Duke o Ingarangi, ko te Duke o Ingarangi, ko tana whaea ko Anne Churchill, i whanau i
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