2-501-291 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

Arrival of Queen Henrietta Maria at the Tower of London, c1625 (c1638(?)). The youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici, Henrietta Maria de Bourbon (1609-1669) married King Charles I of England in 1625. The illustration shows beacons lit on tthe Tower of London and nearby church towers to commemorate her arrival in London.