This ruler was described as fasting for a day before touching royal subjects in attempts to cure them and was the last English monarch to do so. After William Gregg betrayed this ruler, war minister Sidney Godolphin threatened to resign. An author saved the life of this ruler’s Chief Minister, Robert Harley, whose cousin, Abigail Masham, gained influence during this ruler’s reign, replacing an advisor who commissioned John Vanbrugh to design a palace. After this ruler’s death, (*) Sophia of Hanover was declared next in line to the throne. This ruler, who was advised by Sarah Churchill, names the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Act of Union was passed during the reign of, for 10 points, what last Stuart monarch and first queen of both England and Scotland? ■END■
ANSWER: Queen Anne
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