Anne of Cleves

Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), Fourth Wife of Henry VIII

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Known for: safely divorcing from Henry and surviving

Also known as: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg

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Anne of Cleves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves

Anna av Kleve http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_av_Kleve

Anna von Kleve http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_von_Kleve

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=1967&page=gr

http://thepeerage.com/p10150.htm#i101498

http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=9500

http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/anneofcleves.htm

http://www.tudorhistory.org/cleves/

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/tudor/p/anne_of_cleves.htm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/26272/Anne-of-Cleves

http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/ACleves.html

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutAnneofCleves.htm

On 4 November 1677, Anne's elder sister, Mary, married their Dutch first cousin, William of Orange, at St James's Palace, but Anne could not attend the wedding because she was confined to her room with smallpox.[16] By the time she recovered, Mary had already left for her new life in the Netherlands. Lady Frances Villiers contracted the disease, and died. Anne's aunt Lady Henrietta Hyde (the wife of Laurence Hyde) was appointed as her new governess.[17] A year later, Anne and her stepmother visited Mary in Holland for two weeks.

https://en.wiki2.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain

from the account of her sister Anne on wikipedia: "The artist Hans Holbein the Younger was dispatched to paint portraits of Anne and her younger sister, Amalia, both of whom Henry was considering as his fourth wife. Henry required the artist to be as accurate as possible, not to flatter the sisters. The two versions of Holbein's portrait are in the Musée du Louvre in Paris and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Negotiations with Cleves were in full swing by March 1539. Cromwell oversaw the talks, and a marriage treaty was signed on 4 October of that year."