Henrietta of England of the execution of her husband Charles I, who had been beheaded on 30 January. At the end of the Fronde, Queen Henrietta Maria and her daughter moved into the Palais Royal with the young Louis XIV and his mother and brother Philippe. At the same time, Queen Henrietta Maria decided to have her daughter, who had been baptised in the Church of England, brought up as a Catholic. With the arrival of Henrietta's brother, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, in 1652, their small court was increased. After the Fronde was over, the French court made it a priority to
Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, as St Catherine Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, as St Catherine Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, as St Catherine is a painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck. The portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, as St. Catherine of Alexandria was painted by van Dyck around 1639. She is depicted in a red dress, wearing a coronet and holding a wheel representing the wheel used to torture St Catherine of Alexandria. There are numerous copies of the portrait, one of which was sold at Bonhams for £9,000 in October 2004. Another copy, dated 1649, by Matthew Snelling, is in Alnwick Castle. The portrait featured in