Anne of Denmark
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Anne of Denmark was the wife of King James VI and I. She was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619.
James VI in 1586, aged twenty, three years before his marriage to Anne. Falkland Palace, Fife.
1589 marriage contract between Anne of Denmark and James VI, Danish National Archives
Anne of Denmark as Queen of Scotland, 1595, by Adrian Vanson
Anne of Denmark (1574–1619) was the wife of James VI and I, and queen consort of Scotland from 1589, and queen consort of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns in 1603 until her death on 2 March 1619 at Hampton Court. She was buried at Westminster Abbey on 13 May.
Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent, known as Lady Ruthin attended Anne at Hampton Court
Lady Anne Clifford bought mourning clothes to watch the queen's body at Somerset House
Spectators dislodged masonry from the balustrade of Northampton House during the funeral procession.