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Anne of Cleves

noun

  1. 1515–57, fourth wife of Henry VIII of England.



Anne of Cleves

/ kliːvz /

noun

  1. 1515–57, the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England: their marriage (1540) was annulled after six months

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Calum Nall is a chef at the Anne of Cleves pub in Melton Mowbray, which is located next door to the church that hosts the pie awards.

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Sent to portray a potential fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, before Henry ever saw her, Holbein came back with such a lovely painting that Henry had musicians play to celebrate.

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Henry sent him to paint Anne of Cleves, to help the monarch decide whether to make her his fourth wife.

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In 1557, Anne of Cleves, who was briefly the fourth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died in London at age 41.

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Our sense of doom mounts as, after Jane’s death, Cromwell arranges Henry’s disastrous marriage to Anne of Cleves, thus galvanizing the unfortunate fixer’s enemies to arrange his downfall.

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