Under a decree of her husband, she was known in England as Queen Mary , but she did not like this name and signed her letters "Henriette" or "Henriette Marie".
Henrietta Maria's Roman Catholicism made her unpopular in England, [ 3 ] and also prohibited her from being crowned in a Church of England service; therefore, she never had a coronation.
She immersed herself in national affairs as civil war loomed, and in , following the birth of her youngest daughter, Henrietta , during the height of the First English Civil War , was compelled to seek refuge in France. The execution of Charles I in left her impoverished. In , she moved back to Paris, where she died four years later. The name was carried over into the current U. She was born at the Palais du Louvre on 25 November , but some historians give her a birthdate of 26 November.
In England, where the Julian calendar was still in use, her date of birth is often recorded as 16 November. Henrietta Maria was brought up as a Roman Catholic.
Her father was assassinated on 14 May , when she was less than a year old. Henrietta Maria was trained, along with her sisters, in riding, dancing, and singing, and took part in court plays. Henrietta Maria first met her future husband in at a court entertainment in Paris, when he was on his way to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain.
