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Henrietta of England (Henrietta Anne), 1644–70, duchesse d'Orléans, called Madame; sister-in-law of King Louis XIV of France. The daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria of England, she was taken (1646) to France when civil war raged in
Mar 4, 2021 · Princess Henrietta spent most of her childhood in Paris; she escaped the English Civil War, after which her father was executed and no king or queen was allowed, although she found herself in a series of French civil wars, the five-year Fronde (1648-1653), during which forces sought to limit the powers of the young king, Louis XIV.
He was the second but eldest surviving son of King James I of England. He became heir apparent to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones on the death of his elder brother in 1612. Later, he married a Bourbon princess, Henrietta Maria of France, after a failed Spanish match.
During the Civil War, Henrietta Maria moved to France for safety, and it was from here, in 1649 that she heard of her husband’s execution. She remained in France until the Restoration, when her son Charles II regained his position as King of England in 1660. Upon her return to England she briefly lived in the Queen’s House from 1662-1663 ...
Princess Mary Henrietta was born on 4 November 1631 at St. James's Palace, London, the third (but second surviving) child and eldest daughter of Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France.
Maryland's name honors Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), wife of Charles I (1600-1649), King of Great Britain and Ireland, who signed the 1632 charter establishing the Maryland colony. Queen Henrietta Maria was the daughter of Henry IV of France (1553-1610) and his second wife, Marie de Medici (1573-1642). She also was the sister of Louis XIII ...
HENRIETTA OF ENGLAND, Daughter of the unfortunate Charles the First, and grand-daughter of Henry the Fourth of France, married, in 1661, Philip of France, Duke of Orleans, and brother of Louis the Fourteenth; but this marriage was not a happy one. However she was a great favourite with the king, who often joined in the brilliant assembly of ...
