[Footnote 1: She was born on November 25th, 1609 (November 15th, O.S.).] [Footnote 2: The elaborate ceremonies of her baptism are described in a pamphlet entitled _Discours sur le baptême de Monsieur frère du Roy et de la petite Madame_. 1614.] [Footnote 3: Bib. Nat., Paris. MS. Français, 3818.] [Footnote 4: After this marriage (of Christine) Her Majesty durst not follow her mother, to the displeasure of her brother, lest she might hinder her own, until June 21st, 1620, when the Queen-Mother and her son were reconciled. _The Life and Death of that matchless mirror of Magnanimity and Heroick Vertue, Henrietta Maria de Bourbon_ (1669), p. 5.] [Footnote 5: He was created Earl of Holland September 15th, 1624.] [Footnote 6: _Cabala_ (1691), Pt. II, p. 287.] [Footnote 7: _Ibid._, p. 290. The following descriptions of Henrietta shortly after her marriage show the impression she made upon Englishmen: "We have now a most Noble new Queen of England who in true beuty is beyond the Long-Wood Infanta; for she was of a fading Flaxen-Hair, Big-Lipp'd and somewhat heavy Ey'd, but this Daughter of France, this youngest Branch of Bourbon ... is of a more lovely and lasting Complexion, a dark Brown, she hath Eyes that sparkle like stars and on her Physiognomy she may be said to be a mirrour of perfection."--J. Howell: _Epistolæ Ho-Eliamæ_ (1645), sec. IV, p. 30. " ... I went to Whitehall purposlie to see the queene, which I did fullie all the time shee sate at dinner and perceived her to bee a most absolute delicate ladie, after I had exactly surveied all the features of her face, much enlivened by her radiant and sparkling black eye. Besides her deportment amongst her women was so sweete and humble, and her speech and lookes to her other servants soe milde and gracious, as I could not abstaine from divers deep-fetched sighes that she wanted the knowledge of the true religion."--_D'Ewes' Diary_: printed in _Bibliotheca Typographica Britannica_ (1790), Vol. VI, p. 33.] [Footnote 8: These articles were signed at Cambridge in December, 1624; see MS. Français, 3692: also the _Mémoirs du Comte de Brienne_ (M. de Ville-aux-Clercs) (Petitot), 1824, p. 389, who was in England at the time negotiating the matter.] [Footnote 9: _Continuation of Weekly News_, No. 43, 1624.] [Footnote 10: Egerton MS., 2596, f. 49.] [Footnote 11: The procuration of the King of England authorizing the Duke of Chevreuse to marry the Princess Henrietta in his name is dated April 11th, 1625.] [Footnote 12: L'Ordre des cérémonies observés au mariage du roy de la Grande Britagne et de Madame soeur du roy. Paris, 1625.] [Footnote 13: Many of the details of the marriage, departure from Paris, etc., are taken from the official account, MS. Français, 23,600.] [Footnote 14: The ceremonies followed the precedent of those used at the marriage of Henrietta's father, Henry of Navarre, with Margaret of Valois.]