Jul 16, 2022
Thinking about the time Anna von Kleve and Henry VIII were arguing about Mary I, and Anna became "stubborn and willful," and while we don't know the exact details of the argument, it's not hard to imagine whose side Anna was on š«
#Anna von Kleve#Mary I#Henry VIII#I have a lot of feelings about Anna#so so many#I've seen her described as apolitical#but was she *genuinely* apolitical#or was she just trying not to get killed?#in any case she clearly loved Mary#(andāat least until the Wyatt Uprisingāthat feeling was absolutely mutual)#I hate that Anna gets forever remembered as either the 'ugly' or 'discarded' wife of Henry VIII#she was a full and complex human person#can you imagine the trauma she went through?#and how she nevertheless had a good and exciting life in England?#lots of love to the Daughter of Cleves#who passed away 465 years ago today#death mention#murder mention#abuse implied#IPV implied#intimate partner violence implied#long tags#text heavy
