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Why did Henry VIII marry Anne of Cleves?

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Why did Henry VIII marry Anne of Cleves?

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Two of Henry’s former marriages had been for love, but this was a political match. Cleves was Protestant, and by marrying Anne of Cleves Henry was lining up with the Protestant power bloc in Europe.

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Thought a young wife would help stop the onset of old age (Henry was 50 by the time he married Anne of Cleves)

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Charles V might attempt an invasion of England, led Henry to seek an alliance with Continental Protestant powers; hence, his marriage to the Protestant princess Anne of Cleves.