. Historical portraits ... .2 O ^ o W) u en o w () > -1 c u 0 ■—i Uh ^ u If) c: w 2: .ti z 2 < ■^ o o. D r- *-* P o. P o vs, w < minO o 3. -a CJ o •3 Q o p ^ 125 ANNE OF CLEVES (1515-1557) fourth Queen of Henry VIII, was the daughter of John Dukeof Cleves and Mary Duchess of Julich, Her father became aProtestant in 1533, and was generally regarded as the head of theWest German Lutherans. As early as 1537 Henrys minister,Cromwell, who was anxious to draw his master into a Protestantconnexion, seems to have thought of Anne as a possible successorto Jane Seymour, who had just died. But n
. Historical portraits ... .2 O ^ o W) u en o w () > -1 c u 0 ■—i Uh ^ u If) c: w 2: .ti z 2 < ■^ o o. D r- *-* P o. P o vs, w < minO o 3. -a CJ o •3 Q o p ^ 125 ANNE OF CLEVES (1515-1557) fourth Queen of Henry VIII, was the daughter of John Dukeof Cleves and Mary Duchess of Julich, Her father became aProtestant in 1533, and was generally regarded as the head of theWest German Lutherans. As early as 1537 Henrys minister,Cromwell, who was anxious to draw his master into a Protestantconnexion, seems to have thought of Anne as a possible successorto Jane Seymour, who had just died. But not till 1539 were anyserious steps taken; Holbein was then commissioned to paintAnnes portrait, and the King, who seems to have shown an extra-ordinary apathy on every subject connected with his future wifeexcept her looks, professed himself satisfied with it. But Anneknew no music, of which art Henry was devotedly fond, and couldspeak no language but German. She was in fact a dull, good-tempered, domestic German lady. By the time Henry had madeup his mind to the match, and had gone too far in it to avoidreceiving
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