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Who was Margaret Osiander and when did she marry Thomas Cranmer?
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Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer, detail of an oil painting by Gerlach Flicke, 1545; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Margaret Osiander was the niece of the German theologian Andreas Osiander, whom Thomas Cranmer met while serving as an ambassador in NĂŒrnberg in 1532.1
Cranmer married Margaret Osiander in 1532, despite his status as a priest.1