Anna of Lorraine

Hans Holbein the Younger was dispatched to Lorraine to paint a portrait of Anna for the King.

[1] Henry VIII chose Anne of Cleves as his new bride, and married her on 6 January 1540, only to have the marriage annulled on 12 July 1540.

Henry VIII swiftly remarried Catherine Howard on 28 July 1540, ruling out Anna of Lorraine as a potential bride.

Anna of Lorraine married René of Châlon, Prince of Orange on 22 August 1540 at Bar-le-Duc.

[2] They had a single daughter, Maria, born in 1544, who only lived three weeks and was buried in the Grote Kerk at Breda.