Anne Bowes-Lyon

Princess Anne
Princess Georg of Denmark
Viscountess Anson
Anne at the wedding of Princess Ragnhild of Norway, 15 May 1953
BornAnne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon
(1917-12-04)4 December 1917
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died26 September 1980(1980-09-26) (aged 62)
London, England
Spouse
Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson
(m. 1938; div. 1948)
    (m. 1950)
    IssuePatrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
    Lady Elizabeth Shakerley
    HouseBowes-Lyon
    FatherJohn Bowes-Lyon
    MotherFenella 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.