Anne Bowes-Lyon

Anne Bowes-Lyon
Viscountess Anson
Princess Anne of Denmark
Anne in 1975
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

Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon (4 December 1917 – 26 September 1980), later styled Viscountess Anson and later Princess Anne of Denmark, was a British noblewoman and 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.