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==Death== When Anne's health began to fail, Mary allowed her to live at [[Chelsea Manor|Chelsea Old Manor]], where Henry's last wife, [[Catherine Parr]], had lived after her remarriage.{{sfn|Fraser|2003|p=[https://archive.org/details/sixwivesofhenryv0000fras_p2d1/page/504/mode/1up 504]}} Here, in the middle of July 1557, Anne dictated her last will. In it, she mentions her brother, sister, and sister-in-law, as well as the future Queen Elizabeth, the [[Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk|Duchess of Suffolk]], and the [[Mary Arundell (courtier)|Countess of Arundel]].{{sfn|Norton|2009|pp=159–161}} She left some money to her servants and asked Mary and Elizabeth to employ them in their households.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=161}} She was remembered by everyone who served her as a particularly generous and easy-going mistress.{{sfn|Norton|2009|p=165}} Anne died at Chelsea Old Manor on 16 July 1557. The most likely cause of her death was [[cancer]].{{sfn|Fraser|2003|p=[https://archive.org/details/sixwivesofhenryv0000fras_p2d1/page/504/mode/1up 504]}} She was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]] on 3 August{{sfn|Machyn|1968|pp=145–146}} in what has been described as a "somewhat hard-to-find tomb" on the opposite side of [[Edward the Confessor]]'s shrine and slightly above eye level for a person of average height. Anne's [[epitaph]] in Westminster Abbey, which is in English, reads simply:<ref name="Kjærgaard 2018">{{cite web |last=Kjærgaard |first=Jørgen <!--Please see https://virtualglobetrotting.com/user/Dania/ that links ID of Dania to Kjærgaard--> |title=Queen Anne of Cleves grave at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom |website=Virtual Globetrotting |date=2018-03-25 |url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/queen-anne-of-cleves-grave-at-westminster-abbey/ |access-date=2022-05-27}}</ref> {{center|ANNE OF CLEVES}} {{center|QUEEN OF ENGLAND}} {{center|BORN 1515 • DIED 1557}} She was the last of Henry VIII's wives to die.{{sfn|Norton|2009|pp=161, 165}}
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