A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Anne of Denmark
ANNE OF DENMARK,
As she is commonly termed, was the daughter of Frederick the Second of Denmark, born in 1574, and married by proxy to James the First of England, in August 1589. Being detained by adverse winds, the king set out to meet, and bring her home; he met his bride at Opsloe, in Norway, on the 22nd. of October, and was unable to return to Scotland for a considerable time, owing, as it was at the time believed, to the malign influence of certain witches, who were brought to trial, and punished. Anne has been accused of having been in secret a Roman Catholic, and of conspiring to make James embrace that religion, but proofs are wanting to substantiate this charge. She appears to have enjoyed the full confidence of her son Henry, whose aversion to the Romish church is well known. When it was proposed to place the young prince under the protection of the earl and countess of Mar, she evinced much spirit and resolution in resisting the project. She died professing the protestant faith, in a manner to set at rest all doubts about her creed. Anne was a woman of an accomplished mind, and she evinced towards her husband more affection than such a man could hare been expected to elicit That she had a smart wit an well as an affectionate heart, is evidenced by a collection of brief notes addressed to James in a pretty and legible Italian hand. The date of her death is 1618 or 1619.