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Anne of Cleves

1515 - 1557

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Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, although their marriage did not proceed. In March 1539, negotiations for Anne's marriage to Henry began, as Henry believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, who was a leader of the Protestants of Western Germany, to strengthen his position against potential attacks from Catholic France and the Holy Roman Empire.Anne arrived in England on 27 December 1539 and married Henry on 6 January 1540, but after six months, the marriage was declared unconsummated and, as a result, she was not crowned queen consort. Following the annulment, Henry gave her a generous settlement, and she was thereafter known as the King's Beloved Sister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne of Cleves has received more than 8,621,218 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Anne of Cleves is the 44th most popular companion (down from 30th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Germany (down from 140th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Companion.

Anne of Cleves was a German princess who was married to King Henry VIII of England, but she was divorced after six months of marriage.

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  • 5.44

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Over the past year Anne of Cleves has had the most page views in the with 1,140,295 views, followed by German (119,377), and French (94,111). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (312.61%), Welsh (249.59%), and Simple English (186.20%)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Anne of Cleves ranks 44 out of 784. Before her are Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Queen Sonja of Norway, Salman the Persian, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom. After her are Désirée Clary, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Zainab bint Muhammad, Elizabeth of York, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Priscilla Presley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Anne of Cleves ranks 3. Before her are Şehzade Mustafa, and Teresa of Ávila. After her are Philip Neri, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Injong of Joseon, Mary of Guise, Pierre Lescot, Piali Pasha, Petrus Ramus, Sebastian Castellio, and Cipriano de Rore. Among people deceased in 1557, Anne of Cleves ranks 2. Before her is Jacques Cartier. After her are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, John III of Portugal, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anne of Cleves ranks 189 out of 7,253. Before her are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Hans Frank (1900), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Emmy Noether (1882), and Augustus III of Poland (1696). After her are Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Emil Fischer (1852), Oswald Spengler (1880), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Jacob Grimm (1785), and Eduard Buchner (1860).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Anne of Cleves ranks 5. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), and Caroline of Ansbach (1683). After her are Magda Goebbels (1901), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Katharina von Bora (1498), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1798).

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