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Henrietta of England
(16 June 1644 (26 June
n.s.
) ? 30 June 1670) was born a Princess of England and
Scotland
as the youngest daughter of King
Charles I of
England
and his consort
Henrietta Maria of France
. Fleeing England with her governess aged three, she moved to the court of her first cousin
Louis XIV of France
. She was known as
Minette
.
[1]
She married
Philippe of France,
Monsieur
, brother of King Louis XIV, and became known as
Madame
at court.
[2]
Very popular with the court, Henriette was known for her flirtatious nature which was the cause of various arguments between husband and wife.
[3]
Louise de La Valliere
and
Madame de Montespan
were part of her household prior to being Louis XIV's mistresses.
[4]
Henriette was instrumental to the completion of the
Secret Treaty of Dover
prior to her unexpected death in June 1670. The reason for her death has never been conclusively determined; while some argue that it was by poison administered by her husband's lover the
Chevalier de Lorraine
, historians have also argued that she was felled by a perforated peptic ulcer.
[5]
The
Jacobite
claims to the
throne
following the death of
Henry Benedict Stuart
descend from her through her daughter
Anne Marie, Queen of Sardinia
.
- Marie Louise d'Orleans
(26 March 1662 ? 12 February 1689) married
Charles II of Spain
, no issue.
- Philippe Charles d'Orleans
, Duke of Valois (16 July 1664 ? 8 December 1666).
- Stillborn daughter (9 July 1665).
- Anne Marie d'Orleans
(27 August 1669 ? 26 August 1728) married
Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy
(future king of Sardinia) and had issue.
- 16 June 1644 – 31 March 1661:
Her Royal Highness
Princess Henrietta of England
- 31 March 1661 – 30 June 1670:
Her Royal Highness
Madame, Duchess of Orleans (
Granddaughter of France
)
- ↑
Barker, p. 75
- ↑
Barker, p. 72
- ↑
Barker, p. 78
- ↑
Fraser, p. 80
- ↑
Baron, Jeremy Hugh (April 1998), "Paintress, princess and physician's paramour: poison or perforation?",
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
,
91
(4): 213?216,
doi
:
10.1177/014107689809100413
,
PMC
1296646
,
PMID
9659312
- Barker, Nancy Nichols:
Brother to the Sun King; Philippe, Duke of Orleans
, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore/London, 1989