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Anne of Cleves

1515 - 1557

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Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 28 June or 22 September 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of Henry VIII. Little is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, although their marriage did not proceed. In March 1539, negotiations for Anne's marriage to Henry began. Henry believed he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, a leader of the Protestants of Western Germany, to strengthen his position against potential attacks from Catholic France and the Holy Roman Empire. Anne arrived in England in December 1539 and married Henry a week later, but the marriage was declared unconsummated after six months and Anne was not crowned queen consort. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne of Cleves is the 67th most popular companion (down from 44th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Germany (down from 189th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Companion.

Anne of Cleves was a German princess who was married to King Henry VIII of England, but she was divorced after six months of marriage.

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Among companions, Anne of Cleves ranks 67 out of 784. Before her are Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Elizabeth of York, Magda Goebbels, Neilia Hunter Biden, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. After her are Queen Sonja of Norway, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Désirée Clary, Zainab bint Muhammad, Elisabeth of Valois, and Zayd ibn Harithah.

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Among people born in 1515, Anne of Cleves ranks 4. Before her are Şehzade Mustafa, Teresa of Ávila, and Philip Neri. After her are Lucas Cranach the Younger, Injong of Joseon, Mary of Guise, Margaret Douglas, Cipriano de Rore, Pierre Lescot, Sebastian Castellio, and Petrus Ramus. Among people deceased in 1557, Anne of Cleves ranks 3. Before her are Jacques Cartier, and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia. After her are Pontormo, John III of Portugal, Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Emperor Go-Nara, Sebastian Cabot, Lautaro, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anne of Cleves ranks 260 out of 7,253. Before her are Heinrich Schütz (1585), Jacob Grimm (1785), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Werner von Siemens (1816), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800). After her are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Ludwig Erhard (1897), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Albert Kesselring (1885), and Friedrich Bessel (1784).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Anne of Cleves ranks 6. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), and Magda Goebbels (1901). After her are Sepp Dietrich (1892), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Katharina von Bora (1498), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868).

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