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In August 1642, when the Civil War finally began, Henrietta Maria was in Europe at The Hague, raising money for the Royalist cause. Henrietta Maria focused on raising money on the security of the royal jewels, and on attempting to persuade Prince Frederick Henry of Orange and King Christian IV of Denmark to support Charles's cause. [73]
Henrietta also amassed a large and prestigious picture collection that included paintings by Van Dyke and Corregio. [28] Her active personality has caused historians to think that she showed signs of anorexia nervosa. [29] Late in 1669, Queen Henrietta Maria died after taking an excessive quantity of opiates as a painkiller. [30]
Mary at six years old, by Anthony van Dyck, 1637. 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.
Elizabeth Stuart (28 December 1635 – 8 September 1650) was the second daughter of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France. From age six until her death at age 14, Elizabeth was a prisoner of the English Parliament during the English Civil War.
Marie Louise spent a lot of time with both her paternal and maternal grandmothers—Anne of Austria, who doted on her and left the bulk of her fortune to her when she died in 1666; and Henrietta Maria, who lived in Colombes. Marie Louise's mother died in 1670. The following year, her father married Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate. All her ...
Four days after her death, a funeral service was held for Callas at Saint Stephen’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Paris. View of the funeral of Greek opera singer Maria Callas, September 1977 ...
When Maria Muñoz died unexpectedly, her husband told police he believed she had overdosed on prescription pills. But it was the young mother’s journal entries that helped convince a jury that ...
In 1626, she was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Henrietta Maria, Queen of England. [1] She soon became a favourite of the queen, and participated in two of her famous masque plays. [1] Lucy Carlisle, engraving by Pieter de Bailliu the Younger. She was a conspicuous figure at the court of King Charles I.