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Henrietta Maria of France - Quiz
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  • 1. Where was Henrietta Maria in August 1642?
A) Oxford
B) The Hague
C) York
D) Paris
  • 2. What was the primary purpose of Henrietta Maria's stay in The Hague?
A) Raising money for the Royalist cause
B) Negotiating a peace treaty
C) Seeking asylum
D) Visiting her French relatives
  • 3. What assets did Henrietta Maria use to raise money?
A) Land holdings
B) Overseas investments
C) Tax revenue
D) Royal jewels
  • 4. Which two leaders did Henrietta Maria attempt to persuade to support Charles?
A) King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu
B) The Earl of Essex and William Waller
C) Prince Rupert and the Earl of Newcastle
D) Prince Frederick Henry of Orange and King Christian IV of Denmark
  • 5. What physical ailments did Henrietta Maria suffer from while in The Hague?
A) Toothache, headaches, a cold, and coughs
B) Gout and chronic fatigue
C) Fever and pneumonia
D) Broken limbs and back pain
  • 6. Why were buyers deterred from purchasing royal jewels from the Queen?
A) The jewels were fake
B) The prices were too low
C) Fear that a future Parliament would reclaim them
D) International trade embargoes
  • 7. How did the English press portray Henrietta Maria's efforts to sell jewels?
A) A strategic financial maneuver
B) A betrayal of the French crown
C) A charitable donation to the poor
D) Selling crown jewels to buy guns for a religious conflict
  • 8. Which strategic port did Henrietta Maria urge Charles to secure?
A) Dover
B) Plymouth
C) Hull
D) Portsmouth
  • 9. What happened to the baggage ship of her household during her first return attempt?
A) It was burned in the harbor
B) It was stolen by the Dutch
C) It sank near Texel
D) It was captured by pirates
  • 10. Where did Henrietta Maria land in England in early 1643?
A) Bridlington
B) Newcastle
C) London
D) Bristol
  • 11. Who was the Queen's pet dog that she returned under fire to save?
A) Spot
B) Mitte
C) Rex
D) Charlie
  • 12. Who entertained Henrietta Maria in style when she paused in York?
A) Prince Rupert
B) The Earl of Antrim
C) The Earl of Newcastle
D) King Charles I
  • 13. Whose plans did Henrietta Maria promote for an uprising in Scotland?
A) Pym
B) Montrose
C) Hampden
D) Essex
  • 14. What did Henry Marten and John Clotworthy destroy at Somerset House?
A) The Queen's library
B) The private chapel
C) The royal stables
D) The treasury office
  • 15. Whose altarpiece was destroyed by Parliamentarian troops at Somerset House?
A) Van Dyck
B) Lely
C) Holbein
D) Rubens
  • 16. Where did Henrietta Maria meet Charles in the summer of 1643?
A) Kineton
B) Oxford
C) York
D) London
  • 17. Who was sent to escort the Queen to Stratford-upon-Avon?
A) The Earl of Newcastle
B) Prince Rupert
C) Jermyn
D) The Earl of Essex
  • 18. Who was given a peerage by the king at Henrietta Maria's request?
A) Waller
B) Jermyn
C) Clotworthy
D) Marten
  • 19. Where did the Queen live while in Oxford?
A) Merton College
B) Magdalen College
C) Christ Church
D) The royal palace
  • 20. Where did the Queen decide to withdraw to in 1644 due to her pregnancy?
A) London
B) Oxford
C) Bath
D) Exeter
  • 21. Which Parliamentarian general planned to capture the Queen at Exeter?
A) John Clotworthy
B) The Earl of Essex
C) Henry Marten
D) William Waller
  • 22. Who did the king have to personally appeal to for the Queen's medical care?
A) The court astrologer
B) The royal surgeon
C) The Queen's father
D) de Mayerne
  • 23. Where did Henrietta Maria flee to France from?
A) Bristol
B) Dover
C) Plymouth
D) Falmouth
  • 24. What happened to the correspondence between Henrietta Maria and Charles in 1645?
A) It was captured and published
B) It was sold to the French
C) It was lost at sea
D) It was burned by the King
  • 25. Where did Charles seek shelter in May 1646?
A) Paris
B) Oxford
C) Southwell
D) The Hague
  • 26. What religious faith was Henrietta Maria?
A) Protestant
B) Anglican
C) Roman Catholic
D) Calvinist
  • 27. Where did Henrietta Maria cause controversy by praying in 1626?
A) Somerset House
B) Tyburn
C) Greenwich Palace
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 28. What name did the King publicly announce for the Queen?
A) Queen Henrietta
B) Queen Maria
C) Queen Henriette
D) Queen Mary
  • 29. What personal name did Charles I prefer to use for his wife?
A) Maria
B) Mary
C) Henrietta
D) Henriette
  • 30. What group did Henrietta Maria practice within her friend circle?
A) Oratorians
B) Précieuses
C) Devout Humanists
D) Calvinists
  • 31. Who was Henrietta Maria's principal confidante who was ordered to be dismissed?
A) Marguerite Courtin
B) Countess of Denbigh
C) Madame St. George
D) Madame de Vantelet
  • 32. Who was the Queen's chaplain and confessor that she managed to retain?
A) George Carew
B) The Bishop of Mende
C) Sir Richard Wynn
D) Robert Phillip
  • 33. Who became the Queen's treasurer after Jean Caille?
A) Théodore de Mayerne
B) Henry Jermyn
C) Sir Richard Wynn
D) George Carew
  • 34. Where did Henrietta Maria travel to take medicinal spring waters in 1627?
A) Wellingborough
B) Wimbledon House
C) Somerset House
D) Greenwich
  • 35. Which of these was a court dwarf acquired by the Queen?
A) Madame Garnier
B) Jeffrey Hudson
C) Robert Phillip
D) Henry Jermyn
  • 36. Which property was bought for the Queen by Charles in 1639?
A) Wimbledon House
B) Greenwich Palace
C) Somerset House
D) Nonsuch Palace
  • 37. When was the proxy marriage of Henrietta Maria and Charles held?
A) 1 May 1625
B) 2 February 1626
C) 1 May 1624
D) 13 June 1625
  • 38. How was Henrietta Maria allowed to witness the coronation?
A) By sitting beside Charles
B) By watching from the balcony of the palace
C) She was not allowed to watch
D) By watching from a discreet distance
  • 39. Which group became the target of English policy support after the pro-French policy failed?
A) The Scottish Covenanters
B) The Spanish monarchy
C) The Catholic Church
D) French Huguenots
  • 40. What language did Henrietta Maria have difficulty with as late as the 1640s?
A) French
B) Spanish
C) Latin
D) English
  • 41. What specific fear contributed to Henrietta Maria's unpopularity?
A) Papist subversion
B) Loss of the American colonies
C) French invasion
D) Financial bankruptcy
  • 42. How has Henrietta Maria been described regarding her political nature in the 1630s?
A) A master strategist
B) Aggressively political
C) Intrinsically apolitical
D) A revolutionary leader
  • 43. What is one area Henrietta Maria sponsored that contributed to her personal power?
A) Agriculture
B) The arts
C) Mining
D) The navy
  • 44. When was Charles crowned in Westminster Abbey?
A) 2 February 1626
B) 13 June 1625
C) 1 May 1625
D) 1 January 1630
  • 45. What was the birth name of Henrietta Maria?
A) Henrietta Anne
B) Marie Henrietta
C) Maria Henriette
D) Henriette Marie
  • 46. Who was Henrietta Maria's husband?
A) Henry IV
B) Louis XIII
C) Charles I
D) James I
  • 47. Which state in the United States was named in honor of Henrietta Maria?
A) Carolina
B) Virginia
C) Louisiana
D) Maryland
  • 48. In what year did Henrietta Maria return to England after the Restoration?
A) 1625
B) 1649
C) 1660
D) 1665
  • 49. Where was Henrietta Maria born?
A) Versailles
B) Parisian Cathedral
C) Fontainebleau
D) Palais du Louvre
  • 50. At what age did Henrietta Maria marry Charles I?
A) Thirteen
B) Fifteen
C) Seventeen
D) Nineteen
  • 51. Which religious order influenced Henrietta Maria during her youth?
A) Carmelites
B) Jesuits
C) Dominicans
D) Franciscans
  • 52. Who was Henrietta Maria's brother who later became King of France?
A) Louis XIII
B) Charles II
C) Louis XIV
D) Henry IV
  • 53. Where did Henrietta Maria seek refuge in 1644?
A) Scotland
B) Ireland
C) Spain
D) France
  • 54. Who was one of Henrietta Maria's closest companions in the early days of her marriage?
A) Mary of Modena
B) The Queen of France
C) Lucy Hay
D) Anne of Austria
  • 55. What religious background did Lucy Hay have?
A) Strict Catholic
B) Anglican convert
C) Atheist
D) Staunch Protestant
  • 56. What did many contemporaries believe about the relationship between Lucy Hay and the Duke of Buckingham?
A) They were lovers
B) They were business partners
C) They were siblings
D) They were political rivals
  • 57. What name did Charles use to address Henrietta Maria in his letters?
A) My Queen
B) My Love
C) Dearest Henrietta
D) Dear Heart
  • 58. In what year did Henrietta Maria split with Lucy Hay?
A) 1645
B) 1626
C) 1628
D) 1634
  • 59. What was one reason mentioned for the split between the Queen and Lucy Hay?
A) Hay led a more dissolute life
B) Hay lost her position at court
C) Hay moved back to France
D) Hay joined the French military
  • 60. Which Italian painter did Henrietta Maria specifically patronize after he arrived in England in 1626?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Guido Reni
C) Peter Paul Rubens
D) Orazio Gentileschi
  • 61. Who was the designer appointed as Henrietta Maria's surveyor of works during the 1630s?
A) Inigo Jones
B) André Mollet
C) François Dieussart
D) Christopher Beeston
  • 62. In which 1640 masque did Henrietta Maria perform the role of an Amazon?
A) The Queen's House Masque
B) The Royalist Return
C) The Somerset House Pageant
D) Salmacida Spolia
  • 63. Which English composer was patronized by Henrietta Maria?
A) John Pym
B) William Davenant
C) Nicholas Lanier
D) Thomas Heywood
  • 64. Who was responsible for the baroque garden at Wimbledon House?
A) André Mollet
B) Inigo Jones
C) François Dieussart
D) Hubert Le Sueur
  • 65. Who designed the unusual monstrance found in Henrietta Maria's private chapel?
A) François Dieussart
B) Jacques Bourdier
C) Jean Petitot
D) Anthony van Dyck
  • 66. Which historian noted that Charles sought his wife's advice on every subject except religion?
A) John Pym
B) Kevin Sharpe
C) Quinton Bone
D) Wedgwood
  • 67. What did the lawyer William Prynne have done to him for calling women actresses 'notorious whores'?
A) Had his ears cut off
B) Was exiled to France
C) Was imprisoned for life
D) Was flogged and branded
  • 68. Which individual was flogged and mutilated for criticizing Henrietta Maria in a pamphlet in 1630?
A) Alexander Leighton
B) John Pym
C) William Prynne
D) Henry Jermyn
  • 69. Who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1638 due to the Queen's influence?
A) Thomas Heywood
B) Christopher Beeston
C) William Davenant
D) Nicholas Lanier
  • 70. What was the name of the Parliamentary leader who placed increasing pressure on Charles by 1641?
A) John Pym
B) Henry Jermyn
C) Thomas Wentworth
D) William Laud
  • 71. Which painter did Henrietta Maria often commission for gifts or personal appreciation?
A) Anthony van Dyck
B) Peter Paul Rubens
C) Guido Reni
D) Orazio Gentileschi
  • 72. Who did Henrietta Maria appoint as her chancellor in Paris?
A) Lord John Byron
B) John Colepeper
C) Sir Kenelm Digby
D) Henry Wilmot
  • 73. When did Prince Charles finally join his mother in Paris?
A) January 1649
B) July 1648
C) July 1646
D) December 1647
  • 74. What did Henrietta Maria try to convince Charles to accept to gain Scottish support?
A) The Four Bills
B) Catholicism
C) Parliamentary rule
D) Presbyterian government
  • 75. What document did Charles secretly sign with the Scots?
A) The Engagement
B) The Treaty of France
C) The Four Bills
D) The Royalist Accord
  • 76. In what year was King Charles I executed?
A) 1648
B) 1649
C) 1651
D) 1646
  • 77. Which conflict in France limited the funds available to Henrietta Maria?
A) The Third English Civil War
B) The Hundred Years War
C) The Thirty Years War
D) The Fronde
  • 78. Which advisor did Henrietta Maria particularly dislike?
A) Clarendon
B) Jermyn
C) John Colepeper
D) Henry Wilmot
  • 79. Where did Charles II move his court in 1654?
A) The Hague
B) Paris
C) Saint-Germain
D) Cologne
  • 80. What was the nickname Henrietta Maria used for her daughter Henrietta?
A) Marie
B) Minette
C) Anne
D) Charlotte
  • 81. What did Henrietta Maria found in 1651?
A) A military academy
B) A political council
C) A convent at Chaillot
D) A school for exiles
  • 82. Which religion did Henrietta Maria attempt to convert Henry and James to?
A) Anglicanism
B) Presbyterianism
C) Protestantism
D) Catholicism
  • 83. Which of her children accompanied Henrietta Maria upon her return to England in 1660?
A) Charles II
B) Henrietta
C) Henry
D) James
  • 84. Who described Henrietta Maria as a "very little plain old woman"?
A) Louis XIV
B) Edward Hyde
C) Charles II
D) Samuel Pepys
  • 85. Whose pregnancy with James, Duke of York, horrified Henrietta Maria?
A) Henrietta
B) Anne Marie d'Orléans
C) Mary
D) Anne Hyde
  • 86. Who was the father of Anne Hyde?
A) Louis XIV
B) Philippe I
C) Edward Hyde
D) Charles II
  • 87. What illness caused the death of Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester?
A) Smallpox
B) Bronchitis
C) Influenza
D) Lung infection
  • 88. How old was Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, when he died?
A) 18
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
  • 89. What health condition did Henrietta Maria suffer from in 1665?
A) Pneumonia
B) Smallpox
C) Bronchitis
D) Arthritis
  • 90. Who was the doctor that advised Henrietta Maria to take opiates?
A) Philippe I
B) Edward Hyde
C) Antoine Vallot
D) Louis XIV
  • 91. Who named a northwest headland in James Bay after Henrietta Maria?
A) Charles I
B) Captain Thomas James
C) George Calvert
D) Kenelm Digby
  • 92. Who portrayed Henrietta Maria in the 1970 movie Cromwell?
A) Margaret Lockwood
B) Elizabeth Taylor
C) Glenda Jackson
D) Dorothy Tutin
  • 93. On which side of her arms did Henrietta Maria place the crowned lion of England?
A) Below the motto
B) The dexter side
C) The sinister side
D) Above the crest
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