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Anne of Cleves

I acknowledge myself hereby to accept and approve . . . that your highness will take me for your sis

About Me


OK....let's get one thing clear about this image of me being "the ugly queen". I'm not hideously ugly! I found Henry to be the ugly, repulsive one, by the time I married him he was grossly obese! He was very displeasing to the eye. In fact, I deliberately portrayed myself as unattractive and naïve in order to persuade Henry to divorce me, thus enabling me to find love elsewhere.

How to make an Anne of Cleves
Ingredients:
5 parts friendliness
5 parts humour
5 parts ego
Method:
Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Top it off with a sprinkle of curiosity and enjoy!
Username:

Personality cocktail
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My Interests


Playing cards, receiving gifts, improving my language skills, tournaments and other public events.

I'd like to meet:


Enchanting, bewitching, captivating, alluring, fascinating, delightful, pleasurable, lovely, amiable, pleasing people. I wouldn't mind meeting up with the rest of the five wives and having a reunion party.

Music:


I have a diverse and eclectic taste in music.

Movies:


The Private Life of Henry VIII, Henry VIII and His Six Wives.

Television:


BBC television drama Anne of Cleves and Henry VIII - TV series (2003).

Books:


Anne of Cleves: Fourth Wife of Henry VIII by Mary Saaler, Anne of Cleves by Julia Hamilton, The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Early Modern England by Retha M. Warnicke, Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey.

My Blog

Letter to Henry - July 11, 1540

Pleaseth your most excellent majesty to understand that, whereas, at sundry times heretofore, I have been informed and perceived by certain lords and others your grace's council, of the doubts and que...
Posted by Anne of Cleves on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:30:00 PST