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Anne was born in 1515, on either 22 September [2] [5] or 28 June. [a] She was born in Düsseldorf, Duchy of Berg, the second daughter of John III of the House of La Marck, Duke of Jülich jure uxoris, Cleves, Berg jure uxoris, Count of Mark, also known as de la Marck and Ravensberg jure uxoris (often referred to as Duke of Cleves) who died in 1538, and his wife Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg ...
His last three wives, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr are not known to have conceived by him, although Parr conceived in her next marriage. [3] None of Henry's acknowledged children (legitimate or otherwise) had children of their own, leaving him with no direct descendants after the death of Elizabeth in 1603.
She was given the title of "The King's Beloved Sister" and was a lifelong friend to him and his children; Anne of Cleves was approximately the same age as Henry VIII's eldest surviving daughter Mary. She outlived the King and all his other wives, dying at Chelsea Old Manor on 16 July 1557; the most likely cause of her death was cancer. [27]
Amalia (in red) with her sister Anne (in yellow), and mother Maria of Jülich-Berg. It has been suggested that this is either Amalia around 1538 [3] or her sister Anne.. King Henry VIII of England was considering a marital alliance with Cleves, so following negotiations with the duchy, Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry's court painter, was dispatched to paint Amalia and Anne for the freshly ...
Catherine Howard [b] (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of Henry VIII), and the niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
Born in Nancy, Francis was the eldest son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and Renée de Bourbon, [1] daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier.He was briefly engaged in the mid-1530s to Anne of Cleves, [2] who in 1540 would become the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
Anne of Cleves, one of Lady Rutland's mistresses. Lady Rutland's earliest recorded appearance at court was at the investiture of Anne Boleyn with the Marquessate of Pembroke in 1532. The next month, Lady Rutland and her husband accompanied Henry VIII and Anne to Calais, where the latter was to be introduced to King Francis I of France. [1]
Anne of Cleves (1515–1557), daughter of John III of Cleves, married to Henry VIII of England; Anna of Cleves (1552–1632), daughter of William V of Cleves, married to Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg; Anna, Duchess of Cleves (1576–1625), daughter of Albert Frederick of Prussia, married to John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg