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Queens of England Podcast

60 - Henrietta Maria of France (2): The Happiest and Most Fortunate of Queens

Queens of England Podcast

James Boulton

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.8637 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When she looked back over her life, Henrietta recognised these years as the happiest of her life.

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Hello and welcome to the Queens of England podcast.

1:07.4

Episode 60, Henrietta Maria of France, the happiest and most fortunate of Queens.

1:25.3

Last week, we left Henrietta Maria after she had been defeated by the King's favourite,

1:29.5

the Duke of Buckingham, in a palace struggle over the makeup of her household.

1:33.9

In her marriage treaty, she had been guaranteed freedom to practice her Catholicism freely in Protestant England

1:39.4

and the right to be served exclusively by French men and women.

1:45.6

Charles's decision to side with Buckingham was not only a gross betrayal by her husband against his wife. It effectively marooned her

1:51.5

in a foreign land where she had few friends. It was a big come-down for an exalted princess of France,

1:58.0

let alone someone who was barely 16. In today's episode, we're going to look

2:02.5

at Henrietta's time as Queen from where we left off last time, up until when all hell breaks

2:07.9

loose at the start of the 1640s. Henrietta Maria was not one to flinch in a crisis, nor was she

2:14.8

someone who meekly accepted her fate. She may have had a terrible start

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