ANNE OF CLEVES & CATHERINE HOWARD in Real Life - (Henry VIII's 4 & 5th Wives) - Mortal Faces

[@MortalFaces]

This is Part 1 of 2. Here is Part 2 (Catherine Parr): kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6WVg6GmYtmWa68 MORE TUDOR RECREATIONS: Henry VIII: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5raq5evZsp2jck Wife #1: Catherine of Aragon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHJm3pji6tkhck Wife #2: Anne Boleyn: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKjPn5KXrcuep7s Wife #3: Jane Seymour: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goHLZKaIj8qHd80 Elizabeth I: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ6cZKafrc6Cd5Y Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJbWdaSodridl7c Mary Queen of Scots: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnPVdIJqnp6SfMk Mary Boleyn: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXvcnnmla6ipfs0 How Anne of Cleves Looked in Real Life How Catherine (Katherine) Howard Looked in Real Life How Catherine (Katherine) Parr looked in real Life Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more recreations! kzbin.info/door/LkN9aa7m2J4PKtSTs4DrlQ

[@antibacterialgirl]

Anne of Cleves wasn't ugly at all, she just hurt his childish man feelings by rejecting him during their first meeting and he held a grudge. That move probably saved her life

[@Alexs.2599]

Exactly, at this point Henry was is no position to judge anyone's looks. He was nearly 400 pounds, bald and his oozing wound on his leg smelled horribly. He was lucky anyone even looked at him without puking lol.

[@reassimilate668]

She was quite cute

[@schneeroseful]

True, Henry kept Hans Holbein as a painter. Given Henrys temper, Hans might have lost his head.

[@Alexs.2599]

@@reassimilate668 She does look attractive. Henry was an ass.

[@emmapeel7283]

Her name is Anna not Anne!She have a German name of course!

[@pyramidhead2874]

I love how Anne of Cleves nods her head with a happy smile while you were talking about how she escaped Henri's wedding

[@Angie2343]

Me too

[@walkawaycat431]

Yes. And she kept her head as well.

[@Angie2343]

@@walkawaycat431 At lest her wedding gown was gorgeous.

[@jennyrose9454]

Can we just agree the only really ugly one was Henry?

[@SmartStart24]

Lmao 💯

[@Stitcher1964]

That is so true

[@anaz5918]

🤣😂🤣 Yes!

[@Me-fo1kk]

Yes.

[@carrotcake6002]

Maybe in personality or subjective opinion but the trope goes that henry is considered likely the most attractive British monarch, as well as regarded as highly intelligent and talented in many desirable traits. You have to bear in mind, this guy was a literal giant at the time, with the physical structure of a top athlete and many saw him as a saving grace, as he wasn't a warmonger like his father, at least for the first half of his life. He aged terribly mind you, both in looks and personality. Also at this time, a lot of royalty was super inbred, so just having a relatively normal looking guy would put you miles ahead of the competition. i mean, just look at the Hapsburgs who ruled in the same time period, now they a ugly lot.

[@anneb4160]

In my view Anne of Cleves is the most fortunate and also the most intelligent of Henry VIII wives. Although she didn't receive a proper education and didn't speak English, she learned quickly and was able to get out of the marriage alive and as a wealthy woman. In serveral sources it was mentioned that she was very kind and gentle. And concerning her appearance she was often described as tall, slim and of average beauty. By the way isn't it remarkable that a man who was twice her age, had at least twice or three times her weight and had a smelling wound on his leg complained about her lack of beauty? Who asked about her feelings when she saw him ?

[@lynngiampaolo848]

All his wives were beautiful, it was he, the ugly one, inside out.

[@cocob0l0]

@@lynngiampaolo848 Perfect way of describing it. They’re all beautiful women, even by today’s standards in my opinion

[@kathleenvargovich9539]

Have you ever seen an ugly billionaire

[@teslagirl1]

Exactly. She not only got out of the marriage a rich woman, she was able to stay in England and NOT return to the oppressive control of her domineering brother. Win. Win.

[@Alexs.2599]

@@lynngiampaolo848 Agreed, Henry really was a hypocritical ruthless bastard.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

Out of all the portraits of Henry's wives, in all honestly, I've always thought Anne of Cleves was the prettiest. She seems to have had a gentle kind of beauty which suits her as she was said to have been a very kind lady. Henry calling her "ugly" was yet more proof of his narcissistic rage. Anne rejected him and that bruised his fragile ego ... for a king who loved to act tough and flaunt his power ... he sure was sensitive. The fact that Anne remained close to both Mary I and Elizabeth I after the divorce from their father speaks volumes.

[@stevenlagoe7808]

I was going to write my thoughts about Anne, but your comment contains everything I wanted to say. :)

[@christineperez7562]

Who cares? These poor woman or girls were treated horribly but this ugly monster.

[@lithiumastatide]

henry viii was a “nice guy”

[@teslagirl1]

Henry got his knickers in a twist because Anne didn't react the way he wanted her to when he played his usual game of meeting her unannounced and in "disguise". What had been a charming if somewhat cheesy, gesture that a handsome, athletic, young Henry had played on Katherine of Aragon and others wasn't so charming when coming from an overweight man who wasn't aging well or smelling especially nice. All poor Anne knew was that this unappealing stranger was pawing at her and she reacted like any well bred young woman of good character from Cleves would have. So Henry had to make up excuses for not wanting to bed her because his ego was way too bruised to make the union work. Also, pretty dang sure he already had his wandering eye on Catherine Howard...every time he had previously gotten rid of a wife or mistress, it was because he had fallen hard for a new candidate.

[@Elly3981]

Oh, so Henry tried that little prank on Catherine of Aragon too? Lol, yeah, I can imagine it was different when he was young and attractive than in his later years.

[@dragonsword7370]

That late in his life with all his health problems, there was probably 'performance issues' as well that night. Or a combination of that and him drinking himself into a stupor by the end of the night? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@taotaostrong]

Beauty is often subjective and always debatable. The most historically beautifully thing about Anne of Cleves was her intelligence. She was savvy enough to keep her head and placate the sociopathic and narcissistic Henry without having to suffocate underneath his sweaty belly or share his bed. Well done Anne.

[@thedativecase9733]

She, or her minders, got a pretty sweet deal out of Henry. She got a lovely house, a pension and staff to care for her. And she didn't have to have uninspiring sex with fatty Henry.

[@starrfaithfull6934]

TAO TAO, very well put. Spoken like the best of my old Sociology professors.

[@taotaostrong]

@@starrfaithfull6934 That makes me so happy! Have a great day! 💞

[@petah-peoplefortheendlesst4668]

This picture is what Anne looked like. She was a certified hottie. Henry was humiliated that he didn't see through his disguise and it was downhill from there. A very fickle, to say the least, man.

[@thiccredgyal3404]

He probably had STDs too

[@SmartStart24]

Anne was beautiful!!! I love her big doe eyes and cute nose. Henry seemed bitter and his little feelings hurt. Aside from Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves was the only one he didn’t “pull up” from the lower aristocracy- she was basically a princess in her own right. As is common even nowadays, he probably felt threatened and emasculated by this.

[@georginamannor8603]

Catherine of Aragon was the daughter of queen Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. She was a princess.

[@elementary1872]

@intogreen if you think she’s ‘ugly as hell’ you’ve only fallen victim to society’s incredibly unhealthy and sexist beauty standards. Yes, let women be ugly, but calling someone pretty when they literally are is not ‘gross and sexist.’ You might might not do it to get laid, but you certainly hate on your own gender. Stop spewing this garbage you think is feminism and sit down. There are much more important issues to be discussed and acted on than women calling each other beautiful.

[@thebloodyhound9098]

@intogreen they have the right to say she's beautiful if they think so. Personally, I find her very very pretty and think she looks really nice. She looks like a lot of girls I know and if you gave her some modern makeup and a fashionable hairstyle, she'd look gorgeous for today's standards. You don't have to be such an insecure hater, esp towards a woman that died 400 years ago

[@sekichdawn3913]

Ha ha definitely,he's over compensating for something 🤭😏

[@SmartStart24]

@intogreen lmao chill!

[@rebeccallanes797]

Okay but can we talk about Katherin Howard's past "relationships" happened when she was like 13 and 15? These aren't relationships, she was groomed and m*lested by much older men. Sure she probably was a giddy, flirtatious teenager, but when discussing her history and the events that lead to her execution, let's not forget how tragic this is.

[@jayneyjayne9076]

Thankyou finally someone else seeing it for what it is , child abuse, I hate how flippantly people describe her previous "relationships" , child abuse is child abuse irregardless of what times it was committed in

[@aeris2001]

@@jayneyjayne9076 nonsense

[@aeris2001]

You can't put modem values on medieval times, that's ridiculous

[@yay29823]

@@aeris2001 That's true

[@yay29823]

@@aeris2001 They didn't had enough knowloge on the human's mind like we have today, we know she was too young because thanks to studies and technology we updated our definition of child, her life was always messed up and she didn't even realized

[@kh22912]

Anne of Cleves wasn't even ugly. I feel bad for Katherine Howard because she was just a kid and didn't know better, unfortunate enough to be married to a king who didn't understand that

[@moondivine2288]

Unfortunately back then Catherine Howard was old enough to get married. That same king had a grandma who gave birth to his father at 13. So to him it was the norm. There are other bad guys in Catherine Howard’s life. Don’t forget that. One of the biggest ones being Thomas Cranmer, who hated her family and her.

[@danyf.1442]

Just started reading more about Henry VIII and his wives...and admire Anne of Cleves so much! She was smart enough to come out of a horribly dangerous situation not only alive but wealthy and with a great reputation! For sure she was not ugly even by the standard of the time...yes I agree H. was bitter because she had rejected him, but also I read that she was tall and with broad shoulders, but H. liked petite girls...

[@bladeofSteele]

Makes sense he liked "petite" *girls* as he was going after "women" who were barely women yet. He was old enough to be their fathers, and Catherine was still having youthful flings with the equivalents of her "high school crushes."

[@c.c6909]

I find it interesting that all Catherine Howard 's portraits make her look kinda average by modern beauty standards, even tough she was considered a beauty back then.

[@kathleenvargovich9539]

Considering she probably did not use cosmetics, she looks good. Have you seen some of our modern beauties without make up.

[@dianahockins717]

I think perhaps you might benefit by watching a few makeover shows that show you can start with a plain Jane and with enough coverage and shadowing and color and false eyelashes, you can end up with something quite different.

[@ButtonsCasey]

There is at least one contemporary description of Katherine Howard that said she was middling aka average. I think her being considered a great beauty is more of a Victorian play up that we keep to this day, due to her youth.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Some people think that that miniature is Anne of Cleeves in English clothes. The pouty portrait is Catherine Howard.

[@amaracrow0501]

The Tudor style actually encouraged that (especially) women be painted in a style that down played their looks.

[@Ashley-vs8nu]

Every time I see Anne it confirms just how insecure and ego wounded Henry was.

[@FunnyKidDraws]

SIX the musical: Anne is a girl icon that parties all of the time! Actual anne: a sweet lady that just didn't fit Henry's standards for an wife yet still kept contact with her ex-stepchildren.

[@annjohnson6193]

Anne of Cleves would have probably had lots of live boy babies. Henry was probably impotent even though his doctors said he wasn’t.

[@Amy_Stanmore]

I've always wondered if another man were the father to his children secretly.

[@ladyfire44]

I don't think Anne of Cleves wanted to be a mom. I think she was more happy with the financial independence she got from her divorce to Henry and lived a more quieter life. To her, it's better than living with her controlling mother and domineering brother

[@alisonridout]

I'm British and went on a two night stay in London this week and visited the Tower on Wednesday 9 December. We actually went into St Peter Ad Vincula Church and so glad we did. I felt a close presence of the three Queens who are buried there... Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey. It was eerie but beautiful. We loved it in the Tower and wish to return. (we live quite far from London)!

[@jayolovitt5969]

Based on the Holbein portrait I have always thought Anne of Cleves was beautiful. But who knows how she actually looked. Apparently there was debate at the time about which wives were beautiful. Jane Seymour was described by one observer as ‘the fairest of his wives’ but her most recognisable portrait isn’t really what most of us today would view as beautiful. Things like clear skin, healthy hair and teeth were probably a lot rarer then so were valued more. And they seem to have liked thin lips.

[@tweetypie1978]

Apparently everyone else is reported to have said she was attractive. Also she was apparently put out that Catherine Howard was not as beautiful as she was. She also hoped Henry would go back to her after Howard was put to death so she must've actually liked him and not been as smart as reported- only lucky.

[@elss8717]

@@tweetypie1978 It is possible that Anne of Cleves tried to flatter Henry to stay in his good books. This is what the narcissist in him would have liked to hear.

[@lilenwasnothere6867]

anne boleyn is said to have been the least physically beautiful (though not described as ugly) of the six, yet the descriptions of her (tan skin, big brown eyes, long black hair and fairly tall with a slender figure) sound like that of a beautiful woman to 21st century ears.

[@randomnordmann4020]

@@lilenwasnothere6867 tan skin, big brown eyes, long black hair and fairly tall with a slender figure = beautiful? Not really, those descriptions say nothing of facial structure, ratios and symmetry.

[@KuchiKopi179]

Anne of Cleves became a sister figure to Henry VIII, pretty sure they had a really good relationship even after the quick divorce, not to forget she was given great estates as settlement by the mad king.

[@godschild8995]

He certainly respected her and held her in high esteem. He seemed to have valued her, and so did his family. I like her.

[@yay29823]

@@godschild8995 You know you are a winner when *Henry VIII* respect you more then his other wives

[@deebeemer7166]

He might have thought of her as a sister but she was young enough to be his daughter 🙄!

[@ACS551]

There is talk that the first portrait of Katherine Howard, with the blue background, is actually Anne of Cleeves in English dress.

[@maearcher4721]

It is, it's on 4th of diamond card, and embroidery on sleeves clearly is inspired by Cleves' coat of arms. It is unfortuate angle for dear Anne, in others she looks pretty.

[@Maerahn]

"I liked her before not well; but now I like her much worse." You couldn't get it up, could you, Henry?

[@Siggkins]

🤣🤣

[@yellowmesh7821]

I bet my girl Anne wanted none of it

[@christinetitus6388]

Anne of Cleaves is one of my favorite wives of King Henry. She was assertive & confident in her own skin. She would have been a good Queen. I wonder if Katherine Howard was really naive? She was still very young & maybe Her upbringing as far as good principles & her virtue may have been lacking.

[@kathleenvargovich9539]

I remember hormones. Cant blame the poor child

[@christinetitus6388]

@@kathleenvargovich9539 Yes I agree. She was young just a teenager

[@leonieromanes7265]

She was trapped in an arranged marriage. Can't blame her for straying, if she actually did, Henry was paranoid when they married.

[@lucindawelenc2191]

I've always wondered if she thought maybe Henry wouldn't mind. If her thoughts ran along this line--Henry didn't mind her flirting. He enjoyed seeing her dance with the young men of his court. And he wanted her to be happy, right? And banging Culpeper made her happy. And if they got caught, so what? She'd cry and be penitent and Henry would forgive her.

[@MariaRodriguez-dx6sm]

She was sexually abused child groomed by older men, her first "relationship" when she was 12 was her music teacher, a man in his 30's, the second was her grandmother's secretary, a man in his 20's when she was 15, and finally Henry when she was around 17. She never had a change

[@Eitner100]

Finally a well documented review without loud background music. Thank you so much!

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

Henry was a privileged neckbeard who got rejected by a woman who did not fear him. Are we really going to believe his assessment of her appearance?

[@jerushamaxwell281]

Your method of presentation is entertaining! I can't recall the source from which I read something of Henry's complaints about Anne of Cleves' looks. He felt misled by the 'enhanced' portrait sent ahead of her arrival to meet him, then after their marriage, complained that she smelled bad, and that her chest was too pendulous. Henry's suppurating old leg wound was said to have smelled like rot, but as King, no faults were attributed to him. The poor queens of his older age!

[@kellymarie6031]

Anne of Cleves knew how to get things done while keeping her integrity in tact. I think she was more beautiful than the others. He was bitter bc she w/n sleep w/ him..

[@sylviebertin7899]

anne de cleve était une jeune femme intelligente, elle a subit une vraie humiliation alors que ce roi était bien plus vieux qu'elle et que sa jambe empestait qu'il était énorme et franchement elle a bien fait d'accepter de se séparer, il l'aurait fait tuer j'en suis certaine..la jeune catherine était une adolescente livrée au roi par une famille sans scrupules qui avait autre chose à faire dans la vie que de coucher avec ce bonhomme pas attirant et bien trop âgé pour elle..en outre la cour était un panier à crabes et elle bien imprudente de faire cocu un tel souverain, cruel et mauvais qui avait fait décapiter sa cousine et tant d'autres gens..De même son jeune amant a été bien léger de lui faire prendre autant de risques alors qu'il aurait simplement fallut attendre si peu de temps avant d'être une jeune et jolie veuve joyeuse..

[@denebolamau6288]

One popular way to remember the sequence of Henry VIII’s wives: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded,survived!

[@staffanlindstrom576]

Very good!

[@DAYNURSERY]

The marriage to Anne was technically invalid as she was betrothed row European duke named Francis, and betrothel barred either party from.marrying anyone else.

[@davidg-ig8vj]

Given his treatment of his other wives, his treatment of Anne of Cleves, was relatively decent.

[@Passions5555]

She came with clout and the threat of war if he laid a hand on her. The others had lower nobility.

[@yay29823]

@@Passions5555 Catherine of Aragon had a high nobility and yet, she was the one who had to deal wih Henry shit the most

[@randomnordmann4020]

@@Passions5555 Threat of war from who? Do you think England feared an invasion by the duchy of Cleves? With no port or navy I wonder how that would happen.

[@briewest738]

Paused it when he said "Agreed on an annulment" and the frickin' grin has me in stitches,wonderful touch!

[@da6885]

According to the portraits which we have available, Anna von Cleves was much the most attractive of Henry's wives; (at least two of these are lost, but they were clearly copies of earlier portraits). However, at this point in his life, Henry was being forced to face his incipient impotence, and being the kind of man he apparently was, it seems quite natural that he would be the first in line to blame the first available woman for this problem.

[@matthewhines9787]

For some reason, in all my studies on Tudor history, I have always had this picture in my mind of Anne of Cleves as a young Celine Dion. She is pretty but not beautiful, she kind of always looked 32 even when she was 19. She was competent, talented, purposeful. Her qualities could be both intimidating...and underwhelming as she was almost too well trained to please/perform. Although not flirtatious or coquettish, as Henry seemed to enjoy, she could be charming in a docile way. She is impressive, but not surprising. All-in-all, Anne got the best deal. However, she is proof that girls who follow the rules may not "make history", but they can live contented, happy, and smarter every day.

[@Passions5555]

She dodged a bullet because she had political clout and Henry didn't want war with Germany by giving her the usual treatment he gave his other women.

[@reassimilate668]

Catherine Parr was considered the “pretty one” by most history accounts. The portrait of Anne Boylenn here is accurate, especially when compared to Elizabeth’s who had her mothers eyes and neck. Others portrayed as Anne are actually Jane Seymour, the actual plain one. After Anne, Henry wanted someone less sophisticated and sexy.

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

Thanks for the informative comment white girl! 😃

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

What??! I wouldn’t call Anne Boleyn sexy at all. She had a long narrow face, a sallow complexion, & was flat-chested. We do have to take into consideration that the accounts would be skewed, esp if they were Catholic ambassadors from Spain or France. The best thing I’ve read said about her was that she had beautiful eyes & knew how to use them.

[@leonieromanes7265]

@@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 Anne B was described as the prettiest woman in the French Court by one commentator. But others described her looks less favourably. She didn't fit the beauty standard of her time, which favoured Blond hair, a fresh complexion and blue eyes. She was charismatic, elegant and vivacious which made her attractive. I think being married to Henry took a tole on her looks.

[@luanunes14]

@@Jason.cbr1000rr why white girl???

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@luanunes14 I was asking that question too!

[@jennifersado]

I get so excited for these videos! Thanks so much for your work!! - Also what the hell was Henry talking about? Anne was really pretty

[@nazaninsoltanpour6254]

He had a particular type , anne was tall and strong featured , Henry had a greater passion for petite women, also when he decided to introduce himself to anne by dressing up like a poor man to surprise her like in the old English folklore tales he ended up scaring her and embarrassing himself! This not-so-cute first impression left a sour taste in his mouth.

[@jennifersado]

@@nazaninsoltanpour6254 oh my God he really did that??

[@nazaninsoltanpour6254]

@@jennifersado yeah! He thought he would be charming XD Also apparently Anne had another sister(whose name I assume was Amelia)who was said to have been more beautiful but since Anne's inheritance was larger he picked her...!

[@jennifersado]

@@nazaninsoltanpour6254 wow. The things these people got up to...

[@nazaninsoltanpour6254]

@@jennifersado yeah.

[@lucindawelenc2191]

I've always thought that Anne of Cleves was actually the prettiest of Henry's wives, and Katherine Howard the homeliest.

[@briannehawks613]

Even the most mundane characters from history are infinitely more interesting when you do a video on them. I'd like to see some artists too. I don't know how many paintings there are of Shakespeare but that would be an interesting. Also I'd love to see Da Vinci. I know very little about his personal life except that he released maybe 15 pieces of art in his life.

[@iamme6773]

I've always found Anne of Cleve's to be Henry's prettiest wife, actually.

[@GypsyInTheHood]

Same here

[@GypsyInTheHood]

Anne of Cleaves was really pretty She didn't even have makeup on Mad props girl

[@thevoidcritter]

I know you meant "wanton", but I'm giggling at the idea of someone calling Catherine an "empty-headed wonton"

[@MickeyMallone.]

Anne just looked so serene. I'm always drawn to her portrait.

[@Mexianthe0]

Empty headed wonton. Made me laugh 🤣😂

[@yvellebradley2502]

Wanton, not wonton. Not an Asian dish!🤣

[@marqueamore8467]

She wasn’t ugly ..he was insane

[@fhenlizhao5406]

She dodged a nuclear power plant called king Henry the 8th

[@BreakMeBad5524]

Anne of Cleves to me is the most beautiful of Henry's wives. Something tells me her portrait doesn't do her justice.

[@ButtonsCasey]

With all the Tudor videos, do you think you could do one with Mary Tudor? Henry VII and Elizabeth of Yorks daughter? Not only that but compare her pictures to those of Anne Boleyn, Edward VI and Elizabeth I? Just to show the similarities of all three and prove that the pics we know of Anne Boleyn were indeed copied from her daughters look? Lolol

[@debradawn4742]

Good job! I just love it and can't wait to see what you do next.

[@e.l.france5136]

Must remember that the artist always painted the subjects much, much more attractive than they actually were as well as much more symmetrical. No lazy eye or bad teeth. The artist was paid not for their work but to make them appear "more royal."

[@Misslady123456]

Wait...isn't Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard portraits that of the same person?

[@jennyrose9454]

It was believed to originally be C Howard but it's not thought to be Ann.

[@maearcher4721]

Yeah that miniature is Anne. It was thought to be Catherine, but clues such as being painted on 4 of diamonds card and embroidery resembling coat of arms of Cleves, really hit home for Anne.

[@ceferistul05]

props to a young dude to have such interests as history

[@Goodiesfanful]

I can’t quite figure out what made Henry switch off from Anne of Cleves. Could it be a bit like what happened with Prince George and Caroline of Brunswick?

[@fhenlizhao5406]

Anne of Cleves most likely heard if Henry’s behavior before. Then seeing him for the first time after being catfished was like “HELL NOO!”

[@Stitcher1964]

I've always thought out of the portraits of his wives, Anne was the most attractive. She is the only one that he didn't lust after while married to another woman which could have something to do with his dislike of her.

[@GypsyInTheHood]

Totally He was a narcissist

[@marieogara272]

He was evil .. ugly......poor young lady. Had lucky escape to live a gentle safe un abused Life ......his body rotting..

[@Angie2343]

1:22 Anne's thinking "I know, I had a bad education, but so vhat?".

[@jaimito2525]

You did an amazing job! From Buenos Aires 🇦🇷

[@jasminahaverinen5759]

OMG I feel like you are delivering videos with some bluetooth connectuion to my toughts 😆 I was just studying this tudor period and was absolutely bamboozled how Henry the eighth found her fourth wife UGLY especially when compared to all the others! I found her the most beautiful out of all the wives from all the pictures that I found from her!!

[@thedativecase9733]

The legend is that Holbein's portrait made Anne look a lot prettier than she actually was and Henry felt he had been cheated. Apparently on their disastrous wedding night he found she had droopy breasts and body odour. But he was no oil painting himself was he!

[@jasminahaverinen5759]

@@thedativecase9733 well those were some strong words from a man who had a smelly old diabeter wound and at the time had no more tight body parts himself 😆 actually the propable reason for these nasty words were because the kings ego was wounded by Anna, she after all did not recognise the king when he first came to see her alone and started wooing her, kissed her even. Anna was not impressed on the old fat guy and acted very modest and uninterested. Also, Henry was known to have loved small breasts, Anna had medium sized breasts and Henry notedly was not fond of that. "Looseness" was propably a normal bigger breasts that he had never felt before 😅 We have to remember that he had an extremely fragile and big ego and his personality grew worse aften his jousting accident.

[@jasminahaverinen5759]

@@thedativecase9733 also I think all portraits of Anna of Cleves are beautiful, qtleast I can't see how Catherine Howard was a "beauty" in a sense that she was described, not ugly not saying that at all. Maybe it all boils down to differend beauty standards, after all little later in the tudor period womans sexiest part was considered their forheads, that is why Henrys daughter Elizabeth shaved her eyebrows completely when she was and adult. Tall hairline and browless look was the hottest thing at the time for women and before that there were also beauty stardards. Maybe they saw something we did not, maybe Anna really reminds too much of our own beauty standards as we see her pretty?

[@theoncousland4587]

@@thedativecase9733 i think she was afflicted with smallpox and covered with lesions that the painter had left out on the portrait.

[@Leoviliti1]

I have a book written almost three hundred years ago stating that Anne of Cleves suffered from boils and acne ..a pretty woman afflicted by facial defects.

[@brendapurvis4803]

Anna of cleves was a beautiful looking woman. She was also a princess from Germany. Her brother made sure that nothing would happen to her while she was married to Henry.

[@suestaley844]

Henry liked small, petite, vivacious, outgoing ladies. Cromwell knew Anne was not any of that. I think she was pretty, just not Henry's idea of pretty. Sadly she was also the only queen who likely had no intrigues or designs on the Kings power. The one who probably would have been content just making him happy bearing him children. Lucky and smart that she took Henry's annulment offer and actually lived quite well until the end of her days.

[@geekishgir]

I was reading a biography of the Tudors, and I remember reading that Henry was completely smitten by the "pocket portrait" he was sent of Anne. I remember his letters to her that he kissed her portrait every night and couldn't wait to meet her. Ties in with this channel of what did she really look like as when he met her, he was outraged she looked nothing like her portrait and remember that he had the portrait painter executed for catfishing him. Doesn't mean she wasn't attractive, just not what he was expecting, and apparently he wasn't what she was expecting, so they definitely started off on a wrong foot

[@gideonros2705]

'She regarded him little' 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@kynansmusic9724]

Love the history we never got taught at school!

[@thedativecase9733]

Kids in the UK now seem to get nothing but the Tudors (and WW2) in their History lessons. We used to get the whole panoply of (mostly) English history and a lot of European history.

[@bobbrock4221]

What a cool video. Keep up the good work. I've always been really curious what Henry's wives and other people in his court looked like. I never knew that she didn't speak English. Did she not speak any English at all?

[@amaracrow0501]

I don't think it was being content that kept her in England but the fact that she only got to keep all her wealth if she stayed in England and didn't wed.

[@kyripiro224]

Catherine Howard wasn't lying in her song "All you Wanna Do" from the play Six. ☹️ Poor girl.

[@lovelylovelylauren]

Welp, found my new insult…empty “headed wonton” just has a certain ✨je ne sais quoi✨!

[@yvellebradley2502]

Wanton! Not wonton!🤣 Not a Chinese dumpling!

[@wilfarplaylay8469]

If that's really Anne's face for real, then PERSONALLY she kinda reminds me of Aphrodite face in her paintings AND the gorgeous EMMY ROSSUM from Beautiful Creatures.

[@rhaneg4941]

Awesome that you did them..maybe Thomas Culpper Mary Boleyn and Georege Boleyn

[@xz3024]

He didn't like Anne but fancied Catherine??? Was he sight-challenged?

[@fabulousnewt770]

Even Catherine's family couldnt understand why he wanted her 😂

[@Nightbird1914]

I thought Joss Stone did a wonderful portrayal of Anne of Cleves in The Tudors miniseries.

[@norrona5923]

She has beautiful knowing eyes in your rendering. She seems to know more than she shows.

[@homerj806]

Don't forget that Henry VIII is also the grandson of the Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor Dynasty. Margaret Beaufort was a 13 year old single mother and mother of Henry VII, Henry VIII's father. Her entire life spanned the whole War of the Roses. Even as a young woman, she played the whole medieval political game very well. She maneuvered and married the right men to advance her social standing to make sure her son, Henry VII, became king. Oh and she chose the men she would marry, something that was not done during those years.

[@therecouldneverbeanother]

Can you do sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth Throckmorton? I would love to see them!!

[@juanitabrooks1811]

Where can I watch part 2 of this??

[@MortalFaces]

Right here with Catherine Parr- wife #6: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6WVg6GmYtmWa68

[@Megan-bt9pm]

From what I'm aware, Anne didn't stay in England because she was content there, but because it was part of the annulment agreement that she never leave England. So she made the best of the situation. She definitely played her hand very well and had a very good life compared to most of the other wives

[@menchualcarazmoreno1743]

Why was she forced to stay in England? She was of no utility for the King, once the mariage was annulled.

[@ArizonaRed]

Bravo!

[@womobewo]

I think Anne of Cleve's was very pretty.

[@theladytudor3805]

"from the description" Oh Cat Howard was most assuredly a Slytherin, a stupid Slytherin (what idiot risks cheating on Henry VIII?) but ambitious for love. As a Hufflepuff I accept Anne of Cleaves as a fellow honey badger gladly.

[@MortalFaces]

You found my little Easter egg! :)

[@SookiesCharlie_aunt]

HenryVIII was NO Leo DiCaprio! He had a lot of nerve to call this grand lady ugly!

[@cattuslavandula]

Anne was probably attractive, but not Henry's type.

[@yay29823]

He admited himself that they should've kept the marriege, so I think she might've been Henry's type but because of their first meet... things didn't went so well

[@jesley1590]

i’ve just been diving into henry VIII’s wives these past view days and wow it’s A LOT

[@jenniferwong1765]

I don't think she's ugly at all. On the Tudors Henry said she looked like a horse. That was very mean.

[@vtmorphine]

This kinda reminds me of a meme Dudes be saying they want a supermodel and look like Henry

[@nelliethursday1812]

How about Lao Tzu, Buddha, Confucius, Sun Tzu Rumi. Hilidigard (sp) of Bigden

[@etherealenergy9471]

Anne of Cleves was blessed to not be that attractive to him because she did not get executed.

[@Liztastaney7]

No. Anne thought he was ugly, he came dressed as an old peasant so he returned the favor. Biggest prank gone wrong. Ever.

[@bethlou.1131]

That whole situation gives me so much secondhand embarrassment, how much confidence does someone need to think a joke like that would go over well 😭

[@PaulOtis3]

5:07 kind of reminds of Jane Seymour (the actress, not Henry’s other wife) 😂

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

She also saved her head by not contesting the divorce

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

Anne was perhaps the most beautiful of them all, in my opinion, the perfect house wife for any noble; unfortunately not interested with a flare of facing danger. His sickened leg didn’t help

[@mazinwonderland3077]

From what I gather, Henry was spoiled and immature. His actions from day one was of someone who felt entitled to everything and every one. He was the ugly one, both in face and attitude.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

The family wasn't poorly educated or lacking in power. However, they were from a relative backwater of the noble genealogical tangle. 5:09 that look reminds me of Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood.

[@savagedarksider5934]

Great Video. The last three wivies look way better than Catherine and Mary

[@ellietalbot368]

Please do the Romanov family

[@MsAggie78]

HENRY judging women's looks is mighty rich.🙄

[@kevjards]

I think it was Anne who didn't want anything to do with him.He was quite ugly when older.

[@noragibson5293]

May you can do George the I II and III

[@hellostranger8710]

is it possible she had acne?

[@simonewardle3742]

No, she was considered prettier than Anne the sixth queen. It was a case of Henry hating on sight, nothing to do with her just a lack of fizz on his part.

[@cartooncottage2024]

Out of all of his wives, Anne had the best deal.

[@thedativecase9733]

I've always said that.

[@amandabourke796]

I can't remember if this is a fact it a legend, but I recall the story of the meeting between Anne of f Cleve's and Henry VIII. A joust was being held in her honour and Henry tried to play a prank on her. He went with some other men and I believe disguised in some way? But he flirted with her and tried to kiss her. She was appalled, because in her eyes, an unknown old, fat, smelly man was approaching her, the future Queen , and trying to smooch her! She reacted very strongly with disgust before he revealed himself and then she had to try to recover from that, but he was pissed and insulted and huffed off. It's speculated that this negative interaction affected his view and opinion of her romantically. They did become friends later. She strikes me as maybe we a "one of the guys" type of gal. No nonsense, down to earth and practical. That would NOT appeal to Henry romantically, lucky for Anne!!!

[@whitney524]

Please do her sister Amelia (or Amalia). Henry VIII sent an artist, I’m wanting to say Hans Holbein, to make portraits of both sisters so he could decide which one he wanted.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

I know historical evidence is scarce but Anne Bonney and Edward Teach could be interesting subjects or Vlad Tepes