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Nov 10, 2022 · Anne Of Cleves. Credit: Hidreley Diao. Anne Of Cleves. Anne of Cleves was the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England. They were married to form a political alliance with Anne’s brother William, the Duke of Cleves. This portrait of Anne was painted by Holbein, Hans the Younger. In 1539, Holbien was sent to paint this portrait of Anne to ...
- She Was A Born Rebel
- She Was Perfect For Henry in One Way
- Her Mother Disliked Her Suitor
- Her Husband Was A Creep
- Henry Wanted to Marry Her Sister
- Her Future Husband Was Shallow
- She Tried to Hide Herself
- She Beat Out Her Sister
- She Got Lost in Translation
- She Had A Meet-Ugly
Henry VIII's future wife Anne of Cleves came from stubborn stock. Her father John, Duke of Cleves, was one of the bad boys of the Protestant Revolution, and openly ticked off the Pope and other Catholic monarchs left, right, and center. Accordingly, he raised Anne and her sisters and brother to think deeply and to think for themselves. But Anne had...
See, while Anne's family was scandalous among a certain set, she was exactly what Henry VIII was looking for. Ever since he had divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Henry also despised Catholicism and the Pope. So when Anne started to become a marriageable age, Henry's eye fell right on her. Only, he didn't get the response he was hoping f...
Anne was extremely close with her mother, Maria of Julich-Berg, and their woman-heavy household—Anne did, after all, have two other sisters—was something of a haven for the young girl. Indeed, when Henry first began courting Anne, the matron of the family tried to prevent the union, saying she was "loath to suffer her to depart her". But that wasn'...
We all know that Henry VIII was mega lecherous during his day, but most people don't understand just how bad it was for poor Anne of Cleves. While the 24-year-old Anne was relatively mature for a royal bride, Henry VIII was still practically doubleher age and almost 50 years old when he was sniffing at her skirts. Oh, and there's more. The Tudors (...
Though Anne's tragic tale with King Henry has gone down in history, fewpeople know the whole disturbing story of their courtship. For one, Henry didn't just court Anne as his bride—he alsoconsidered her younger sister Amalia as his potential Wife #4. Maybe if he'd actually chosen Amalia, the disaster that was his fourth marriage never would have ha...
In the late 1530s, Henry sent his court painter Hans Holbein on a creepy mission. Still deciding between the two sisters, he told him to go paint both Anne and Amalia so he could decide which one he liked best. He also gave Holbein a very specific instruction: Paint the girls accurately and don't flatter them, because he needed a beautiful queen. W...
When it came time to do portraits of the Cleves sisters, Hans Holbein ran into one big difficulty. Both Anne and Amalia kept their faces covered with veils, as per the modest German customs of the time. The painter had to wheedle his way in and gain their trust before Anne and her sister finally revealed their faces and let themselves be painted. S...
After Holbein returned and Henry saw both portraits of the women, he obviously went with Anne over Amalia—but his motives were very far from romantic. Many historians agree that the choice probably had less to do with looks, and more because as the elder daughter, Anne had more hereditary rights than her sister. Aw, true love. Maybe THAT's why it u...
Henry's "don't flatter" directive to Holbein goes against the common story that the painter deceived the king and painted a beautified portrait of the actually homely Anne. Even so, as any online dater can tell you, you can't tell everything from a picture—especially not chemistry. And let's just say, when Anne walked into the room, Henry was not p...
Almost as soon as he met her, Henry's reaction to his bride was chilling. He pretty much immediately complained about her looks, and blamed not only Holbein for supposedly glowing her up too much, but also his chief Minister Thomas Cromwell, who urged him to marry Anne and kept talking up her beauty. And since this is King Henry we're talking about...
Mar 19, 2024 · For the first time in nearly 400 years, the public can see Anne of Cleves as Henry VIII first saw her: resplendent in red velvet against a brilliant blue backdrop, her hazel eyes framed by a sheer ...
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41. The Last Laugh. Anne is the longest surviving of Henry’s wives; she outlived not only the other queens, but also the king himself. On July 16, 1557, just months shy of her 42nd birthday, she passed on in her adopted country of England, mostly likely from cancer.
Mar 20, 2024 · Despite his disappointment, the king wed Anne of Cleves on Jan. 6, 1540 to avoid political conflict with her family and other Protestants. She became his fourth wife of six. And so the legend of Anne of Cleves’ enchanting portrait took root in history. Now, it has been restored so that contemporary viewers may see it as King Henry VIII once did.
Feb 11, 2021 · 8. Anne’s father tried to get her to remarry Henry. Anne’s status had become complex. As ‘The King’s Beloved Sister’ and one of the wealthiest women in England, it would be difficult for Anne to remarry elsewhere, and the alliance between Cleves and England was somewhat rocky following the failure of the marriage.
The reason we can consider Anne of Cleeves more of a survivor than Catherine Parr, is down to what happened after the death of Henry VIII. Catherine Parr. When Henry died in 1547, his widow Catherine Parr was free to remarry. Six months after the death of Henry, Catherine married Sir Thomas Seymour, brother of the deceased queen, Jane Seymour.
