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Why did the marriage to Anne of Cleves fail?

Why did the marriage to Anne of Cleves fail?. Downsell Primary Dhipa Begum. Learning Objectives:. To understand that building alliances through marriage was important in the Tudor period. To learn to extract information from portraits and descriptions.

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Why did the marriage to Anne of Cleves fail?

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  1. Why did the marriage to Anne of Cleves fail? Downsell Primary Dhipa Begum

  2. Learning Objectives: To understand that building alliances through marriage was important in the Tudor period. To learn to extract information from portraits and descriptions. To understand about the various ways that the appearance and characteristics of Anne of Cleves have been interpreted.

  3. Story of Henry’s marriage to Anne of Cleves Henry was persuaded to marry Anne to keep peace with Germany. Henry sent the painter Hans Holbein to Germany to paint a picture of Anne, so that he could see what she looked like and decided to marry her as this made her look pretty. However, when she arrived in England he found her ugly and called her a horse. Henry arranged a divorce and the marriage only lasted six months.

  4. Look at the portrait and with your partner identfy 3 things you can learn about Anne of Cleves

  5. Look at the portrait of Anne of Cleves and describe her using these qustions. • Do you think Anne really looked like this? • How can you tell that she is an important person? • What is Anne trying to tell us about herself in this portrait? • How is the artist trying to make her look?

  6. Why Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves Make a zigzag book on why Henry decided to marry Anne of Cleves and why he decided to divorce her.

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