Person    | Female  Born 16/11/1609  Died 10/9/1669

Queen Henrietta Maria

Categories: Royalty

Countries: France

Born at the Louvre Palace in Paris on 16 or 26 November, daughter of the King of France. Married King Charles I on 13 June 1625 and the couple went on to have two sons who became King Charles II and King James II. Her Catholicism and her spending habits made her unpopular and a problem. But the King and Queen shared an interest in the arts and the marriage worked. Died near Paris.

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Queen Henrietta Maria

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Henry Jermyn

Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Stree...

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The Queen's Chapel

The Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace Designed by Inigo Jones, the búilding ...

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Mahomet Weyonomon

Mahomet Weyonomon

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Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace

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King Albert 1st of Belgium

King Albert 1st of Belgium

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Moated manor house

Moated manor house

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Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

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Dickens bust - SW1

Dickens bust - SW1

SW1, Parliament Street, 48, Red Lion Inn

These two busts are above the second floor bay windows, Dickens on Parliament Street, Chaucer on the return in Derby Gate. The building ...

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