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  1. Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649. She was mother of his sons Charles II and James II and VII.

  2. Mar 12, 2024 · Henrietta Maria was the French wife of King Charles I of England and mother of Kings Charles II and James II. By openly practicing Roman Catholicism at court, she alienated many of Charles’s subjects, but during the first part of the English Civil Wars she displayed courage and determination in.

  3. Nov 17, 2022 · by Sarah Durn November 17, 2022. Queen Henrietta Maria of England was shot at, won battles, and raised an army on behalf of her husband, King Charles I. But history has remembered her only as a...

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  5. Mar 8, 2018 · By Erin Griffey. 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. From the Spring 2018 issue of RA Magazine ...

  6. Henrietta Maria (1609–1669) French-born queen of Charles I, during England's Civil War, who used all her influence to try to aid her husband's cause, and whose eldest son was invited to restore the Stuart dynasty to the English throne as Charles II. Name variations: Henrietta Marie.

  7. Oil painting of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) by Anthony van Dyck circa 1638. Wife to King Charles I and Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland, Henrietta Maria was a patron of the arts who oversaw Inigo Jones's completion of the Queen's House in 1635.

  8. Nov 16, 2020 · ‘By land and sea I have been in some danger, but God has preserved me’ – Henrietta Maria in a letter to Charles I, 1643. Civil war broke out in August 1642 after years of mounting tensions between the king and Parliament. A fierce believer in divine right, Henrietta instructed Charles that to accept Parliament’s demands would be his ...

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