Henrietta Maria of France

Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie de France); (25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) is the Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I.

She is mother of two kings, Charles II and James II and grandmother of two queens and one king, Mary II, William III and Anne of Great Britain as well as paternal aunt of Louis XIV of France.

Her Catholic religion makes her unpopular in England, and also prohibits her from being crowned in an Anglican service; therefore she never has a coronation.

She begins to immerse herself in national affairs as civil war looms on the horizon, and is 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 leaves her impoverished.

She settles in Paris, and then returns to England after the Restoration of her eldest son, Charles to the throne.

In 1665, she moves back to Paris, where she dies four years later.

The U.S state of Maryland was named in her honor.

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