Henrietta Maria of France

Youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici, married at fifteen to Charles I in a match that brought the long-feared Catholic queen consort to England. Her devout Catholicism and political influence over her husband fueled Puritan suspicion through the 1630s and contributed to the collapse of his rule. She raised money on the continent during the Civil War, lived in exile after his execution, and returned briefly to England after her son Charles II's restoration before retiring to France.