The Resume

(April 30, 1662-December 28, 1694)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Daughter of James II
Wife of King William III
Sister of Queen Anne
Ruled England jointly with her husband (1689-94)

Why she might be annoying:

She married her first cousin.
She wept inconsolably on first seeing William.
She helped overthrow her father.
She feuded with her sister over Anne’s friendship with a disgraced politician, eventually cutting off all contact.
She had her uncle arrested for plotting to restore James II to the throne.

Why she might not be annoying:

Before her marriage, she wrote passionate letters to the daughter of the royal hawk keeper, signing them ‘Your husband.’
She governed England on her own while her husband was on military campaigns.
She endowed the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
William grew increasingly reliant on her, and at her death said he was ‘now going to be the miserablest creature on earth.’
The march that Henry Purcell composed for her funeral became the title theme for ‘A Clockwork Orange.’

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• British Royalty: Stuarts
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 09]
• Chess Names
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 32)
• I Had a Miscarriage
• I Have Smallpox
• I'm Buried at Westminster Abbey
• Monarchs, Royalty and Nobles
• Number Names (Ranked: 2)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 22001-22250 (Ranked: 22183)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 72 Votes: 69.44% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 39 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 65 Votes: 55.38% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 79.17% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 212 Votes: 41.98% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 98 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 58 Votes: 53.45% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 100 Votes: 58.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying