Illustration From The Wood Beyond The WorldWilliam Morris1894

Illustration from The Wood Beyond the World William Morris 1894 

Henrietta Maria (25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of Charles I. She was mother of his two immediate successors, Charles II and James II and VII. Contemporaneously, by a decree of her husband, she was known in England as Queen Mary, but did not like this name and signed her letters “Henriette R”.

Anna Netrebko as Anna Bolena (Vienna, 2011)

I call God and all the world to witness that I have been to you a true, humble and obedient wife, ever comfortable to your will and pleasure.