Henrietta Maria

British  

/ ˌhɛnrɪˈɛtə məˈriːə /

noun

1. 1609–69, queen of England (1625–49), the wife of Charles I; daughter of Henry IV of France. Her Roman Catholicism contributed to the unpopularity of the crown in the period leading to the Civil War

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Example Sentences

He added that the bequest includes 22 European paintings “of the absolute finest quality, namely Van Dyck’s portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria and Delacroix’s ‘Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe.’”

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2019

Among the findings is a well-preserved gown that is believed to have belonged to a member of the English royal court of Queen Henrietta Maria.

From National Geographic • May 5, 2016

Queen Henrietta Maria was allegedly travelling to Holland to hand over her 11-year-old daughter to William II, Prince of Orange, who had married the princess a year earlier.

From National Geographic • May 5, 2016

A splendid full-length portrait shows Henrietta Maria in a lustrous blue riding habit, with her dwarf, Jeffrey Hudson, in red, next to an enormous swag of yellow-gold brocade.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016

Contemporary with Hudson were the two other dwarfs of Henrietta Maria, Richard Gibson and his wife Anne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various