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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.
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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Dec 18, 2019 · Charles was to be executed in January 1649. Losing her husband was without a doubt Henrietta Maria's greatest source of grief. Yet, she remained a fervent defender of the monarchy and of the English crown even after his death, supporting her son, Charles II, during the Restoration.
Born at the Hôtel de Louvre, in Paris, France, on November 25, 1609; died at Château St. Colombes, near Paris, on August 31, 1669; buried in the Church of St. Denis, near Paris; daughter of Henry IV the Great (1553–1610), king of France (r. 1589–1610), and Marie de Medici (c. 1573–1642); sister of Elizabeth Valois (1602–1644, who married Philip ...
In the summer of 1665 she contracted a bout of the plague, and returned to France, where she died in 1669. Henrietta Maria's arrival in England. Although it was decreed by Charles that his wife be known as Queen Mary, she didn’t like this title and signed her letters ‘Henrietta R’ instead. She spoke little English when she came to England.
Nov 16, 2020 · Charles I and Henrietta Maria by Anthony van Dyck, 1632. Lighthearted visions of love soon became more serious however. A month before the wedding, James I suddenly died and Charles ascended the throne aged 24.
Mar 8, 2018 · Henrietta Maria’s power at the Stuart court reached far beyond the roles of consort and mother. Her foreign heritage and Catholic religion meant that she played a role in international diplomacy and religious issues, but she also remained an indomitable advocate for the Stuart cause, a sophisticated patron of the arts and a paradigm of fashion.
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