Anne Boleyn was considered highly alluring ... Tempted into marrying her after seeing a beautiful portrait by Hans Holbein, he was disappointed to discover she wasn’t as enchanting as he ...

So Thomas Cromwell sent Court Painter Hans Holbein to Cleves to paint the portraits ... with full honors at Westminster Abbey ...

Image: Thomas Cromwell as the Earl of Essex, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Getty ... Henry had executed his second wife, Anne Boleyn, while his third wife Jane Seymour, had died following ...