Cleves
Americannoun
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A creaking staircase that overlooks crenellated battlements leads to the Long Gallery, another Anne of Cleves addition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Monica Missio, the mother of victim Nicholas Cleves, told the courtroom: "It disgusts me that he gets to wake up every day while my son does not."
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
Henry sent him to paint Anne of Cleves, to help the monarch decide whether to make her his fourth wife.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2020
In 1557, Anne of Cleves, who was briefly the fourth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died in London at age 41.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2020
Anne, of course, was not a Lutheran, and the state religion in Cleves was at least as Catholic as Henry’s own.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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