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Anne of Bohemia

American  

noun

  1. 1366–94, queen consort of Richard II of England.


Anne of Bohemia British  

noun

  1. 1366–94, queen consort of Richard II of England

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Richard was now sixteen years of age, and married Anne of Bohemia, an excellent princess, who was called ‘the good Queen Anne.’

From A Child's History of England by Townsend, F. H.

She was a Bohemian princess, and so is sometimes called in history Anne of Bohemia.

From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

The Petty or Minor Canons now received their charter of corporation immediately after the death of Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur

Tyrwhitt seems perfectly justified in placing the composition of the poem immediately before that of Chaucer's magnum opus, and after the marriage of Richard II to his first queen, Anne of Bohemia.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Richard II's queen, Anne of Bohemia, died there seventeen years later, and Richard in his grief threw the palace down.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh

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