Queen Anne was pregnant at least seventeen times between her early twenties and mid-thirties. Most of those pregnancies ended in miscarriage or stillbirth — a reality made worse by chronic illness, limited medical knowledge, and the relentless pressure to produce an heir. Only one child lived beyond infancy: Prince William, Duke of Gloucester. He survived childhood illnesses, became the fragile hope of the Stuart line — and then died suddenly at just eleven years old. After his death, Queen Anne