Henrietta Maria of France.
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“Henrietta Maria was passionate in her loves and hates, in spite of her many all-too-obvious faults,
there can be no denying the courage and steadfastness of this ardent, warm-hearted, and fiercely protective woman,
who, once had told her husband, ‘there is nothing in the world, no trouble,
which shall hinder me from serving you and loving you above everything in the world’.
Her life at the Caroline Court, then said to be the
‘most sumptuous and happy in the world’,
saw her generous patronage of the many,
among whom were Inigo Jones, Ben Jonson, and Anthony van Dyck.”(с)
