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Anne of Cleves (1515 – July 16, 1557) was Queen of England between January 6 to July 9, 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. The nuptials were fuelled by Henry’s desire to align himself with Anne’s brother, the Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a leader of the Protestants in Germany. Upon her arrival in England, Henry is said to have been disappointed with Anne’s appearance, reportedly confiding to Thomas Cromwell, “I liked her before not well, but now I like her much worse.” The marriage was declared unconsummated after six months. Though the pair remained closed, Anne received a hefty settlement and from that point on became known as the King’s Beloved Sister. Laid out in the 1920s and 1930s during a period of rapid expansion in the area, this is one of a cluster of streets built by Davis Estates and named after prominent Tudors, a popular theme with developers at that time.
