Anne | |
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Princess Georg of Denmark Viscountess Anson | |
Born | Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon 4 December 1917 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | 26 September 1980 London, England | (aged 62)
Spouse | |
Issue | Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield Lady Elizabeth Shakerley |
House | Bowes-Lyon |
Father | John Bowes-Lyon |
Mother | Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis |
Princess Anne of Denmark (née Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon; 4 December 1917 – 26 September 1980), formerly styled as Viscountess Anson, was a member of the Danish royal family by marriage and a first cousin of Elizabeth II.
Born into the Bowes-Lyon family, she married Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson, and had two children, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, before divorcing Anson in 1948. She became a princess of Denmark by her second marriage to Prince Georg of Denmark in 1950.