Anne of Cleves

Anne of Cleves also known as "The Mare of Flanders" (see below) (September 22, 1515 ? July 16, 1557) was the queen consort of Henry VIII of England from January 6, 1540 to July 9, 1540.

Historiography

It was Sir Horace Walpole, writing in the 18th-century, who resurrected the myth which described Anne as "the Flanders Mare" ? a monument to ugliness. This view persisted, and it is still a popular stereotype. Most historians, however, disagree with it.

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