The Real Life of Anne of Cleves | Henry VIII’s Wife Who Outlived Them All | History for Sleep
Complete Histories with Henry
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Of the six women who married Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves is the one history treats as the punchline. The rejected wife. The plain one. The mistake.
But she was the only one who walked away whole. While queens were executed and others died in childbed, Anne outlived them all, and died old and rich and free in the country she had come to call home.
Tonight we follow her story from the calm green world of the duchy of Cleves on the lower Rhine, through the long journey to England and the disastrous first meeting with the king, to the quiet and surprisingly contented life she built for herself after the annulment. Tudor history, 16th century England, and a woman far more interesting than her nickname allows.
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The Real Life of Anne of Cleves | Henry VIII’s Wife Who Outlived Them All | History for Sleep
Complete Histories with Henry
12,918 views
Of the six women who married Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves is the one history treats as the punchline. The rejected wife. The plain one. The mistake.
But she was the only one who walked away whole. While queens were executed and others died in childbed, Anne outlived them all, and died old and rich and free in the country she had come to call home.
Tonight we follow her story from the calm green world of the duchy of Cleves on the lower Rhine, through the long journey to England and the disastrous first meeting with the king, to the quiet and surprisingly contented life she built for herself after the annulment. Tudor history, 16th century England, and a woman far more interesting than her nickname allows.
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