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 * Born 1664. || |||Began to Reign March 8, 1702.
 * Died Aug. 1, 1714. || ||Reigned 12½ Years.
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 * Died Aug. 1, 1714. || ||Reigned 12½ Years.
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Second daughter of James II., and wife of George, Prince of Denmark, now ascended the throne, to the satisfaction of all parties. Anne declared war with France, in which she was followed by the Dutch. The Duke of Marlborough was made general of the English forces, and generalissimo of the allied army, and became a very formidable enemy of France. A series of splendid victories were achieved by the allies, of which the chief was that of Blenhiem. For this victory, one of the greatest ever won by England, the Duke of Marlborough was rewarded by the gift of a large estate and splendid mansion. Another conquest which has ultimately turned out of much more importance to England, was the taking of Gibraltar by Sir Cloudsley Shovel and Sir George Rook. Philip IV., grandson of Louis XIV, being placed upon the throne of Spain, notwithstanding a treaty formerly entered into by the powers of Europe, by which Charles,