Person    | Female  Born 16/11/1609  Died 10/9/1669

Queen Henrietta Maria

Categories: Royalty

Countries: France

Born at the Louvre Palace in Paris on 16 or 26 November, daughter of the King of France. Married King Charles I on 13 June 1625 and the couple went on to have two sons who became King Charles II and King James II. Her Catholicism and her spending habits made her unpopular and a problem. But the King and Queen shared an interest in the arts and the marriage worked. Died near Paris.

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Queen Henrietta Maria

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Henry Jermyn

Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Stree...

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The Queen's Chapel

The Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace Designed by Inigo Jones, the búilding ...

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The King's Road

The King's Road

It derives its name from the fact that It was King Charles II’s private road to Kew and wasn’t opened to the general public until 1830. Mary Quant opened her shop ‘Bazaar’ here in 1955. Along with ...

Place, Commerce, Craft / Design, Royalty, Transport

1 memorial
King Henry I

King Henry I

King of England 1100 - 1135.  Fourth son of William the Conqueror, possibly born in Yorkshire.  Father to Empress Matilda / Empress Maud. Died in Normandy which he had conquered in 1106.

Person, Royalty

2 memorials
King Charles I

King Charles I

Born Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year old brother Henry died (probably of typhoid) and Charles became the heir, ascending the throne in 1625 on the death of hi...

Person, Execution, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Scotland

13 memorials
King Wilhelm II of Germany

King Wilhelm II of Germany

William II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. Born Berlin, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, and so nephew to King Edward VII. Ruled 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 Novembe...

Person, Benefactor, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Germany

1 memorial
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II of Aragon

See his wife's entry.

Person, Royalty, Spain

1 memorial

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United Wards Club of the City of London

United Wards Club of the City of London

Both the picture source website and the City of London explain what this is. It was founded at The Bell, Carter Lane by Joseph Newbon.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
St John's church Clerkenwell - repairs

St John's church Clerkenwell - repairs

EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden

Details of this repair work are given at British History Online. Until the post-war reconstruction it seems that these were the only sign...

1 subject commemorated
World War 2

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps.  And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

376 memorials
Hospital Group

Hospital Group

We used to have this group's logo and link to their webesite but they contacted us in July 2013 requesting that we take it down.  This is the first time we have ever received such a request but of ...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial
London County Council

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...

Group, Politics & Administration

279 memorials