Henrietta Maria was Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (13 June 1625 – 30 January 1649) through her marriage to Charles I. The U.S. state of Maryland (in Latin, "Terra Mariae") was so named in her honour by Cæcilius Calvert, son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore<sup></sup>. Cape Henrietta Maria, at the western meeting of James Bay and Hudson Bay in Northern Ontario, is also named for her. Wikipedia
H enrietta Maria was born in Paris on 16 November 1609, the youngest daughter of King Henri IV of France and Marie de Medici. She was taught riding, dancing and singing and received religious instruction from the Carmelites. Her marriage to Charles, Pri www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/henrietta-maria.htm
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