What happened to Anne of Cleves after her divorce from Henry VIII?

Question

I know she was made his "sister". He gave her tons of money and property. Elizabeth did visit her occasionally and she was pretty close with all of Henry's children. She rode to London with Mary and Elizabeth when Mary took her rightful place as queen. She also attended Mary's coronation. That's pretty much all I can find about Anne of Cleves post her divorce. So what happened with Anne until her death?

Answer 1

Anne was born at Düsseldorf, the daughter of John III, ruler of the Duchy of Cleves, who died in 1538. After John's death, her brother William became Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, bearing the promising epithet "The Rich." In 1526, her elder sister Sybille was married to John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany and considered the "Champion of the Reformation." At the age of 12 (1527), she was betrothed to Francis, son and heir of the Duke of Lorraine while he was only 10, so the betrothal was considered 'unofficial.' While her brother William was a Lutheran, the family's politics made them suitable allies for England's King Henry VIII in the aftermath of the Reformation, and a match with Anne was urged on the king by his chancellor, Thomas Cromwell.

The two were married on 6 January 1540 at the royal Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, despite Henry's very vocal misgivings. If his bride had objections, she kept them to herself. The phrase “God send me well to keep” was engraved around Anne’s wedding ring.

Anne was commanded to leave the Court on June 24 and on July 6 she was informed of her husband's decision to reconsider the marriage. In a short time, Anne was asked for her consent to an annulment, to which she agreed. The marriage was annulled on July 9, 1540, on the grounds both of non-consummation and of her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine. She received a generous settlement, including Hever Castle, home of Henry's former in-laws, the Boleyns. Anne of Cleves House, in Lewes, Sussex, is just one of many properties she owned; she never lived there. Made a Princess of England and called "the King's Beloved Sister" by her former husband, Anne remained in England for the rest of her life.

Death

Anne died at Hever Castle on July 16, 1557. According to her wishes, she was buried in what is described as a "somewhat hard to find tomb in Westminster Abbey".

Answer 2

She did receive a generous settlement when her marriage to Henry was annulled.  Among the properties given to her was Hever Castle, home of the Boleyns, and some estates which had been Thomas Cromwell's.  "All this depended upon her remaining in England, and this Anne was more than willing to do.

Anne was perhaps as content with the arrangement as Henry.  She grew to enjoy English ale and gambling; she spent large sums on gowns; she visited with the king's children and occasionally the king himself.  She was heard to remark that she was more attractive than Katharine Parr, to whom the king's attention turned in 1543.  In fact, upon Catherine Howard's execution in 1542, rumors circulated that perhaps the king would take back his former bride.  The French ambassador was suitably impressed with Anne's handling of a delicate situation, observing that 'all her affairs could never make her utter a word by which one might suppose that she was discontented.'  

These rumors were understandable enough; Anne occupied a nebulous place in English society, unmarried but wealthy and independent.  She was not an heiress but still honored as a royal.  She answered to no male authority but that of the king, and he did not choose to trouble her.  For the rest of her life, rumors spread about her lifestyle.  For Anne's part, she was content and happy and had little reason to be otherwise.

She made her last public appearance at Mary Tudor's coronation in 1553, riding alongside the Princess Elizabeth.  She died in 1557 [in her bed] of a 'declining illness' and was buried with appropriate honor at Westminster Abbey.  Her will is perhaps most representative of her kindly character.  In it, she remembered gifts to everyone who had ever served her, no matter how humble or long ago."

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs...

She was only 42 when she died at Chelsea Old Palace, (this had been granted to her by Mary I, and was the place Katherine Parr and her last husband, Thomas Seymour, lived in for a while) and was buried in Westminster Abbey.  She had remained a kind stepmother to Henry's children, and lived out her life happily, never remarrying.

Alison Weir, in her "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" says that Anne lived much as a private gentlewoman, and became quite efficient at managing her estates.  The illness that caused her death is not known, but she remains a well-respected lady.

Answer 3

I am not 100 percent positive but I am pretty sure that she remarried and had two children by her next husband. It isn't like she ever loved King Henry in the first place - the marriage was all about politics.