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No of course not. But Henry VIII (1491 - 1547)apparently did refer to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves (1515 - 1557), as "The Flanders Mare", because he only saw her in a portrait before he married her, and when he saw her in real life, he didn't like what he saw. He did go ahead and marry her on 6 January 1540, but annulled the marriage 6 months later in July, as he didn't want to consummate it. She did get a generous settlement though, and stayed friends with Henry.

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Anne of Cleves, he saw a picture of her and thought she was beautiful. He saw her in person and straight away knew that it couldn't last as she was so ugly. He called her a HORSE behind her back!

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there are 6 wives he called anne of cleves a horse because she called him fat

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Anne of Cleves was the wife of Henry the 8th who he said looked like a horse

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Anne of Cleeves. When Henry met her, he called her a 'Flanders NIGHTMare'.

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He called his 4th wife Anne of Cleves a horse because he thought she looked beautiful because of a painting he saw painted by hans holbein.

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