Read download books online Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister (English Edition) by Heather R. Darcie 9781445677101

Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darcie

• Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister
• Heather R. Darcie
• Page: 304
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9781445677101
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Download Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister

Read download books online Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister (English Edition) by Heather R. Darcie 9781445677101

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‘The King’s Beloved Sister’ looks at Anne of Cleves from a new perspective, as a woman from the Holy Roman Empire and not as a woman living almost by accident in England. Starting with what Anne’s life as a child and young woman was like, the author describes the climate of the Cleves court, and the achievements of Anne’s siblings. It looks at the political issues on the Continent that transformed Anne’s native land of Cleves – notably the court of Anne’s brother-in-law, and its influence on Lutheranism – and Anne’s marriage. Finally, Heather Darsie explores ways in which Anne influenced her step-daughters Elizabeth and Mary, and the evidence of their good relationships with her.

Was Anne – the Duchess Anna – in fact a political refugee, supported by Henry VIII? Was she a role model for Elizabeth I? Why was the marriage doomed from the outset? By returning to the primary sources and visiting archives and museums all over Europe (the author is fluent in German, and proficient in French and Spanish) a very different figure emerges to the ‘Flanders Mare’.

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