Henrietta I: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox royalty|name=Henrietta I|birth_place=London, [[Britain]]|succession2=Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau|mother=Henrietta Maria of France|father=Charles I of England|date of burial=1 June 1692|burial_place=Westminster Abbey, London|religion=Anglicanism|house=[[House of Stuart|Stuart]]|birth_name=Mary Henrietta Stuart|death_place=London, [[Britain]]|death_date=18 May 1692|birth_date=4 November 1631|image=Henrietta Portrait I.jpg|issue-pipe=(details)|issue-link=#Family|issue={{hlist |[[William III]] </br> Prince Edward </br> Beatrice, Countess of Devon </br> James Piers, Earl of Kent}}|spouse={{hlist |William II of Orange </br> [[William Russell, Duke of Bedford]]}}|successor=[[William III]]|predecessor=Charles II|coronation={{nowrap|9 April 1667}}|reign={{nowrap|1 March 1667 – 18 May 1692}}|succession={{hlist |[[United_Kingdom#List_of_leaders|Queen of England, Scotland]], and& [[Ireland]]}}|image_size=300px|reign2={{nowrap|14 March 1647 – 6 November 1650

Henrietta's sister, Princess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_of_England Henrietta Anne] of England and France, died in 1670. Her niece, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Louise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans Marie Louise of Orléans], came to live in England in 1673. Her presence was objected to by Henrietta's husband William Russell, which became the source of several martial arguments. In 1679, the young Anglo-Dutch princess was betrothed to CarlosCharles II of Spain. Terrified of his portraits and suspecting his impotency, she begged Henrietta to convince her father, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_I,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans Duke of Orléans], to allow her to marry someone else. It was successful, and Marie Louise married the pro-French [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Carlo_Gonzaga,_Duke_of_Mantua_and_Montferrat Duke of Mantua].