Henrietta of England some eight children, the eldest of whom, Princess Maria Adelaide, was the mother of Louis XV. Monsieur himself would die in 1701. Her descendants include Henri, Count of Paris, the Orléanist pretender to the French throne, the king of Spain, the king of the Belgians, the grand duke of Luxembourg and the pretender to the Italian throne. Henrietta of England Henrietta of England (16 June 1644 O.S. (26 June 1644 N.S.) – 30 June 1670) was the youngest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France. Fleeing England with her governess
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