Anna von Kleve (1515-1557)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/134312
- Name (English)
- Anna von Kleve
- Short name
- Anne of Cleves
- Year of birth
- 1515
- Year of death
- 1557
- Short Description
- "Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was queen consort of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much 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, as Henry believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, who was a leader of the Protestants of western Germany, to strengthen his position against potential attacks from Catholic France and the Holy Roman Empire." - (en.wikipedia.org 03.10.2020)
- Entity Encoding
- pik
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Kupferstich: Porträt der Anna von Kleve
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Object information
Image: Museen Burg Altena - CC BY-NC-SA
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