[post_page_title]Anne of Cleves smelled really bad – according to her own husband[/post_page_title]
Henry VIII is perhaps best remembered for wedding six wives, but for now let’s focus on his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Anne developed something of a reputation when it came to hygiene. Henry had actually agreed to marry the German noblewoman based on a portrait alone, and when he actually met her he was reportedly horrified to discover she smelled bad.
On the morning after their wedding, Henry remarked that Anne had “very evil smells about her.” We don’t know whether she truly did, but Germans reportedly neglected to wash their hands before eating back then.
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