# Queen Henrietta — Twenty Years After character guide

> Queen Henrietta in Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henrietta Maria

**First appearance:** 0037-xxxviii-henrietta-maria-and-mazarin

## Who they are

The queen consort of Charles I, in exile in France.

## In the story

### [A Letter from Charles the First](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxvi-a-letter-from-charles-the-first)

The queen is in deep despair, living in poverty at the Carmelite Convent, and receives a letter from her husband King Charles I.

### [Cromwell's Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxvii-cromwell-s-letter)

Mentioned as arriving at the Palais Royal, interrupting Mazarin's conversation with Mordaunt.

### [Henrietta Maria and Mazarin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxviii-henrietta-maria-and-mazarin)

Petitions Mazarin for help for her husband Charles I, but is met with evasion and hypocrisy. She leaves in majestic indignation after Mazarin suggests referring the matter to parliament.

### [How, Sometimes, the Unhappy Mistake Chance for Providence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxix-how-sometimes-the-unhappy-mistake-chance-for-providence)

Distressed queen seeking aid for her husband Charles I; receives news of the battle of Lens and learns Athos is in Paris.

### [XLII: Another Queen in Want of Help](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xlii-another-queen-in-want-of-help)

Receives Athos, Aramis, and Lord de Winter at the Louvre in her impoverished state.

### [The Ambassadors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxxvi-the-ambassadors)

Receives conflicting news about her husband King Charles I; initially misled by false ambassadors.

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