Henrietta Maria of France along with her sisters, in riding, dancing, and singing, and took part in French court plays. Although tutored in reading and writing, she was not known for her academic skills; the princess was heavily influenced by the Carmelites at French court. By 1622, Henrietta Maria was living in Paris with a household of some 200 staff, and marriage plans were being discussed. Henrietta Maria first met her future husband in Paris, in 1623, while he was travelling to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain – Charles first saw
Maria, wife of Constantine V time her stepson Leo IV the Khazar was crowned co-emperor (6 June 751) and her husband recovered Melitene. The reasons are unknown. Maria died childless and Constantine would proceed to marry Eudokia, who gave him six more children. Maria, wife of Constantine V Maria (Greek: Μαρία; died 751) was the second Empress consort of Constantine V of the Roman Empire. Constantine was Emperor since 741 and his first wife, Tzitzak, gave him his only known son, Leo IV the Khazar, on 25 January 750. There is no further mention of her and, by the following year, Constantine was already married