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Mary, Princess Royal (Mary Henrietta Stuart; 4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660), was a British princess, a member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau. She acted as regent for her minor son from 1651 to 1660.
Learn about the life and marriage of Mary Stuart, the eldest daughter of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, who became the Princess of Orange in 1641. Find out how she survived the English Civil War, the execution of her father, and the death of her husband, and how she influenced the fate of her son William III.
Born on November 4, 1631, at St. James Palace in London, Mary, Princess Royal was the eldest daughter and the third of the nine children of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France. The newborn princess was not expected to live, so she was immediately christened with the names Mary Henrietta.
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange. (1631-1660), Daughter of Charles I; wife of William II of Orange-Nassau. Sitter associated with 49 portraits. The eldest daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, Mary was distinguished as a young girl for her intelligence and beauty.
Nov 4, 2012 · Mary Stuart, Princess Royal, daughter of King Charles I & Henrietta Maria, was born on this day 4 November, 1631. Mary was married (at the very young age of 10) to Prince William II of the House of Orange, who was fifteen, and already fast becoming a dissolute young man.
Princess Mary was the eldest daughter of Charles I who in 1641, at the age of nine, married William II of Orange at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. Their son later acceded to the throne as William III.
Learn about the life and letters of Mary Stuart, the eldest daughter of Charles I and the wife of Willem II, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. Explore her biography, bibliography, and sources in this virtual exhibition by EMLO.
