Duchy of Cleves ended in 1666.

Duchy of Cleves was created in 1417.

Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England, was born in Dusseldorf in what is now Germany. In the Duchy of Cleves, near Dusseldorf, in what is now Germany.

The Duchy of Cleves, from which Anne of Cleves originated, was a state which existed from 1092 and 1795, which roughly covers the modern-day German districts of Cleves, Wesel, and Duisburg, as well as portions of the Limburg, North Brabant and Gelderland provinces of the Netherlands.

Ann spent her childhood in cleves which is in the low countires. It is believed that she had a very cruel and puritain upbringing in this very protestant court. Her brother ruled the household after her fathers mental deteriation and did so with a violence. He regurlary beat anne with a stick if she showed any sort of "wantonness". This may be why her and the notourisly hot blooded henry the 8th never consummated their marriage. It was reported that anne had a life long fear of her brother and this is why she chose to remain in england after her divorce.