Henrietta Maria

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[Illustration: HENRIETTA MARIA

FROM THE PAINTING BY VAN DYCK AT WINDSOR]

HENRIETTA MARIA

by

HENRIETTA HAYNES

With Twelve Illustrations

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1912

PREFACE

A bibliography of the sources from which this book has been written would extend to many pages: much information has been derived from the collections of MSS. preserved in Paris in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in the Archives Nationales, and in the Bibliothèque Mazarine; from the valuable series of Roman Transcripts in the Public Record Office, London; from the curious and interesting documents in the archives of the See of Westminster, and from the newspapers and pamphlets which form a branch of the literature of the Civil War.

I have to express my thanks to His Eminence Cardinal Bourne, who kindly permitted me to consult the archives of the See of Westminster and to print three of the documents in the Appendix; to Mr. Edward Armstrong, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and to the Rev. H. Thurston, S.J., who have given me much help and advice; to the nuns of the Convent of the Visitation, Harrow-on-the-Hill, who lent me the rare Vie de la Ven. Mère Louise Eugénie de la Fontaine; and, finally, to my friend, Miss H. M. Morris, who with unwearied kindness read through nearly the entire MS. of the book, and helped me much by her criticisms and suggestions.

ERRATA

Page 65, line 7. For "complimentary" read "complementary." " 66, " 24. For "neither of whom" read "who, neither of them." " 69, " 14. For "were" read "was." " 72, " 16. For "new" read "own." " 77, " 7. Omit "to" between "turns" and "a street." " 77, " 32. For "imaginares" read "imaginaires." " 110, note 1. For "Anglicans" read "Anglicanus." " 138, " 1. For "Anglians" read "Anglicanus." " 155, line 28. For "In" read "For." " 155, note 2. For "Corznet" read "Coignet." " 155, " 2. For "Bahn" read "Baker." " 227, " 1. For "Magasin" read "Mazarine." " 244, " 2. For "trois" read "train." " 275, " 2. For "Lovel" read "Loret."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

Introduction xi

I. The Daughter of France 1

II. The Bride of England 28

III. The Queen of the Courtiers 61

IV. The Queen of the Catholics 92

V. The Queen's Converts 130

VI. The Eve of the War. I 141

VII. The Eve of the War. II 167

VIII. The Queen and the War. I 193

IX. The Queen and the War. II 217

X. The Queen of the Exiles 252

XI. The Foundress of Chaillot 276

XII. The End 302

Appendix 321

Index 331

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HENRIETTA MARIA Frontispiece. From the painting by Van Dyck at Windsor (From a photo by F. Hanfstaengl)

FACING PAGE

HENRY IV 18 From an engraving after the picture by Francis Pourbus

CARDINAL PIERRE DE BÉRULLE 32 From an engraving

OLD SOMERSET HOUSE 68 From an engraving after an ancient painting in Dulwich College

CHARLES I AND HENRIETTA MARIA 90 From the painting by Van Dyck in the Gallerìa Pitti, Florence (From a photo by G. Brogi)

THE DUCHESS OF CHEVREUSE 146 After the picture by Moreelse, once in the possession of Charles I

CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU 168 From a portrait by Phillippe de Champaigne (From a photo by Neurdein)

THE QUEEN'S DEPARTURE FROM HOLLAND 200 From an engraving