Gaston de France, Duke of Orléans presents his sister...Queen Henrietta Maria of England to Anne of Austria, regent of France for Louis XIV. The infant Louis XIV in peach stands in front of his mother and next to his brother Philippe de France, Duke of Anjou. Queen Henrietta Maria stands between Gaston and his daughter la Grand Mademoiselle. Cardinal Mazarin is behind Queen Anne.
Henrietta Maria had to seek exile in France since Parliament impeached her and was trying to take her prisoner. Plus she was pregnant and, after giving birth in Exeter in June 1644, she had to escape to France, leaving her husband and five children behind. She planned to raise more money and arms but was never able to return. Her husband Charles I and her daughter the Princess Elizabeth she never saw again.
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