Henrietta Maria of France, queen consort of England Scotland and Ireland, wife of King Charles I
Illustration from a special edition history of England published in 1903. Info from wiki: Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November[1] 1609 – 10 September 1669) was queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. She was mother of his two immediate successors, Charles II and James II. Her Roman Catholicism made her unpopular in England,[2] and also prohibited her from being crowned in an Anglican service; therefore she never had a coronation. She began to immerse herself in national affairs as civil war loomed on the horizon, and was compelled to seek refuge in France in 1644, following the birth of her youngest daughter, Henrietta, during the height of the First English Civil War. The execution of King Charles in 1649 left her impoverished. She settled in Paris, and then returned to England after the Restoration of her eldest son, Charles, to the throne. In 1665, she moved back to Paris, where she died four years later. The North American Province of Maryland was named in her honour, and the name was carried over into the current state of Maryland.
Size: 2672px × 3776px
Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1649, affairs, catholicism, charles, civil, consort, contributed, coronation, crowned, england, engraving, execution, france, henrietta, illustration, image, impoverished, interfered, ireland, king, left, maria, maryland, named, national, paris, picture, portrait, prohibited, queen, restoration, returned, roman, scotland, settled, unpopular, war, wife
