Anne Arundell

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Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (née Hon. Anne Arundell; c. 1615/1616 – 23 July 1649) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour by his second wife Anne Philipson, and wife of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, who founded the Province of Maryland in 1634. She was also the namesake of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and the US Navy transport ship USS Anne Arundel, which was named after the county. She was the mother of 9 children, including Charles Calvert, the future third Baron Baltimore and Lord Proprietor of the province of Maryland, and died at the early age of 32–34 years.

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