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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.
Why was Henrietta Maria, Charles I’s beautiful wife, so reviled? Being French, Catholic and a woman made her the perfect scapegoat for royal misrule in Parliamentarian eyes, says Leanda de...
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Dec 18, 2019 · Despite heavy criticism towards her religion, Henrietta Maria was a beautiful queen, praised for her perfect hair. The famous painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) was commissioned to portray the queen's beauty, and many others were inspired by his portraits of the queen.
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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...
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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.
Dec 17, 2018 · On 25 November 1609, Henrietta Maria of France was born as the daughter of King Henry IV of France and Marie de’Medici. There were no great celebrations at her birth, though her father did not seem at all disappointed that she was a girl. She was immediately handed over to the care of Madame de [read more]
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. Who was Henrietta Maria of France?
