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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.
Mar 12, 2024 · Henrietta Maria (born Nov. 25, 1609, Paris—died Sept. 10, 1669, Château de Colombes, near Paris) 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 ...
Who was Henrietta Maria of France? Henrietta Maria of France met Charles I when he was travelling to Spain to discuss a future marriage to Maria Anna, Infanta of Spain. When this did not come to fruition, it was decided he would marry Henrietta Maria instead. They were married by proxy in 1625.
Nov 17, 2022 · Historian Leanda de Lisle’s new biography Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation retells the formidable queen’s story. Atlas Obscura spoke with de Lisle about how the queen...
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.
Mar 8, 2018 · From the Spring 2018 issue of RA Magazine, issued quarterly to Friends of the RA. When the French princess Henrietta Maria arrived in England at the Stuart court in 1625, she was just 15 years old and had never met her husband to whom she was married by proxy, Charles I.
May 23, 2018 · Henrietta Maria (1609–69), queen of Charles I. Charles married Henrietta Maria, youngest daughter of Henri IV of France, in May 1625 after his Spanish marriage plans had come to naught. She was aged 15, small and vivacious, with dark curly hair, large brown eyes, and protruding teeth.
