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Wolf Hall's latest episode introduced us to King Henry VIII's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, who was married to the monarch for just six months before he decided to annul the union. At the time ...

Henry VIII's future wife Anne of Cleves came from stubborn stock. Her father John, Duke of Cleves, was one of the bad boys of the Protestant Revolution, and openly ticked off the Pope and other ...

Of the unfortunate bunch, none has been given less respect than fourth wife Anne of Cleves, whose brief marriage to the monstrous monarch is often boiled down to "she was too ugly for him".

Portrait of Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife whose marriage to the monarch is depicted in Wolf Hall. (Getty Images) Wolf Hall continues to explore the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell ...

Wolf Hall season two episode five saw Thomas Cromwell's son Gregory return from Henry's new wife, Anne of Cleves, with an excruciating tale of how the King met his fourth bride for the first time ...

'I went viral on TikTok for slating Henry VIII - now I have a book deal, but Dad still hates me swearing' ...

In 1412, tradition holds that Joan of Arc was born this day in Domremy. In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.) ...

The latest episode of the BBC show's second series, which adapts Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light, examined the king's short-lived marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The story relays ...

The latest episode of the BBC show's second series, which adapts Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light, examined the king's short-lived marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The story ...