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Anne of Cleves

<p><b >Anne of Cleves</b>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language" wotsearchprocessed="true" >German</a>:&nbsp;<i>Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg</i>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language" wotsearchprocessed="true" >Dutch</a>:&nbsp;<i>Anna van Kleef</i>) (22 September 1515&nbsp;– 16 July 1557) was a German&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noblewoman" title="Noblewoman" class="mw-redirect" wotsearchprocessed="true" >noblewoman</a>&nbsp;and the fourth&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wives_of_Henry_VIII" title="Wives of Henry VIII" wotsearchprocessed="true" >wife</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" title="Henry VIII of England" wotsearchprocessed="true" >Henry VIII of England</a>&nbsp;and as such&nbsp;she was&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_consorts" title="List of English consorts" wotsearchprocessed="true" >Queen of England</a>&nbsp;from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540. The marriage was never&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consummated" title="Consummated" class="mw-redirect" wotsearchprocessed="true" >consummated</a>, and she was not crowned&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_consort" title="Queen consort" wotsearchprocessed="true" >queen consort</a>. Following the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulment" title="Annulment" wotsearchprocessed="true" >annulment</a>&nbsp;of their marriage, Anne was given a generous settlement by the King, and thereafter referred to as&nbsp;<i >the King's Beloved Sister</i>. She lived to see the coronation of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England" wotsearchprocessed="true" >Mary I of England</a>, outlasting the rest of Henry's wives.</p>

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