Which Queen dismissed Churchill's wife from court?
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
Queen Anne
Queen Elizabeth
Answer
Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, dismissed Churchill's wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, from court in 1711 due to Sarah's overbearing and influential nature, which led to a rift between the two women and a decline in Queen Anne's favor toward Sarah and her husband, the famed military leader and future Prime Minister, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
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