Letters of Anne of Cleves Letter of Anne of Cleves to her husband, King Henry VIII 11 July 1540 Background The following letter was Anne of Cleves’s very diplomatic response to Henry VIII’s request for an annulment of their brief marriage. Though her brother pressed her to return home to the duchy of Cleves, Anne wasContinue reading “From the Personal Diary of Anne of CLeves, 4th wife of King Henry VIII, July 1540”