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'''Henrietta I''' (Dutch: ''Henriëtte I''; 1631-1692), known as '''Henrietta the Mediator''', was the Queen of [[United Kingdom|England]], [[United Kingdom|Scotland]], and [[Ireland]] from 1667 to 1692. After the unexpected deaths of King Charles II in 1667 and her Catholic brother [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England Prince James] in 1660, she ascended the throne in 1667. Influenced by her husband [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II,_Prince_of_Orange William II] of Orange, she pursued a pro-Dutch foreign policy, led the nation in the [[History of Europe#Coronation of Queen Henrietta & The War of Devolution (1667)|War of Devolution]], and remainedsteadily sympathetichealed todivisions [[Catholicbetween Church|Catholics]]Anglicans and Nonconformist Protestants. After her death at age 61, her son [[William III]] took the throne and entered the [[History of Europe#The Anglo-Dutch Union or the Twenty-Year Union (1692-1712)|Anglo-Dutch Union]].