An haifi Anne a 11:39 na yamma a ranar 6 ga Fabrairun 1665 a St James's Palace, London, na huɗu da na biyu na Duke na York (daga baya James II da VII), da matarsa ta farko, Anne Hyde. Mahaifinta shi ne dan uwan Sarki Charles II, wanda ya mallaki masarautun uku na Ingila, Scotland da Ireland, kuma mahaifiyarta ita ce 'yar Ubangiji Chancellor Edward Hyde, 1st Earl na Clarendon. A lokacin baftismar Anglican a Chapel Royal a St James's, 'yar'uwarta, Maryamu, ɗaya daga cikin iyayenta ne, tare da Duchess na Monmouth da Archbishop na Canterbury, Gilbert Sheldon. Duchess da Duchess na York suna da' ya'ya takwas, amma Maryamu ne kawai suka tsira zuwa cikin yara. Anne, wanda ya mutu a matsayin ɗan jariri, wanda ya sha wahala daga yanayin da ya fi rinjaye a matsayin Duke na Ingila, Scotland da Ireland, kuma mahaifiyarta ita ce 'yar' yar'uwarsa Anne Churchill, wanda ya zama babban abokinsu na Katolika, ya mutu a shekara ta 1678, kuma a matsayin
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