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  1. Jeffrey Hudson (1619 – c. 1682) was a court dwarf of the English queen Henrietta Maria of France. He was famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus" and was considered one of the "wonders of the age" because of his extreme but well-proportioned smallness.

  2. Jan 3, 2020 · Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen. What was life like for a court jester? After the banqueting celebrations, Jeffrey Hudson went to the queen’s private residence at Denmark House (today Somerset House stands on its site) in London. She was a French Catholic in Protestant England.

  3. Dec 15, 2017 · Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson by Van Dyck. She ordered her servants to hide Jeffrey inside a large pie, which was to be served at the time the party reached its peak. Once the pie was placed in front of the king and queen, Jeffrey broke through the crust, dressed in a knight’s armor made especially for him.

  4. Oct 1, 2013 · Image: Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson by Van Dyck. When Jeffery was about 9-years-old, he had two attendants, probably for his safety. But when Charles I and his wife came...

  5. Mar 8, 2018 · Published on 8 March 2018. Charles I might have had a keen eye for art, but his queen's eye was sharper and far more sophisticated. With the couple's extraordinary art collection currently on display at the RA, the consort's biographer Erin Griffey explores her life, style and legacy.

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  7. Feb 5, 2018 · Henrietta Marie of France (1609–1669), Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I, was portraited, for the first time by the great Flemish baroque artist Antoon van Dyk (Antwerp, 1599–London, 1641), when she aged 24 years (Fig. 1 ).

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  8. Jeffrey Hudson (1619 – c. 1682) was a court dwarf of the English queen Henrietta Maria of France. He was famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus" and was considered one of the "wonders of the age" because of his extreme but well-proportioned smallness.