page_title: Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
hierarchical_section_title: Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
context_page_description: Mary, Princess Royal, was an English princess, member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess consort of Orange and Countess consort of Nassau; she also acted as Regent for her minor son from 1651 to 1660. She also was the first holder of the title Princess Royal.
  The eldest daughter of King Charles I of England and Queen Henrietta Maria, Mary was married to the future stadtholder of the Netherlands, William II of Orange, as a 9-years-old girl in 1641. Initially, she remained in England with her parents because of the heated political situation in England until early 1642, when she and her mother left for the Netherlands. Five years later in 1647, Mary's husband inherited the titles of Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  Two days before her husband's death in 1650, Mary gave birth to a son, William, who later became King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland alongside his first cousin and wife, Queen Mary II.
context_section_description: Mary, Princess Royal (Mary Henrietta; 4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660), was an English princess, member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess consort of Orange and Countess consort of Nassau; she also acted as Regent for her minor son from 1651 to 1660. She also was the first holder of the title Princess Royal.
  The eldest daughter of King Charles I of England and Queen Henrietta Maria, Mary was married to the future stadtholder of the Netherlands, William II of Orange, as a 9-years-old girl in 1641. Initially, she remained in England with her parents because of the heated political situation in England until early 1642, when she and her mother left for the Netherlands. Five years later in 1647, Mary's husband inherited the titles of Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  Two days before her husband's death in 1650, Mary gave birth to a son, William, who later became King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland alongside his first cousin and wife, Queen Mary II. Mary, who became the only guardian of her son, was not popular in the Netherlands because of her support of her brothers and her difficult relationship with her mother-in-law Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, who considered the princess young and inexperienced.
  After the restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660, Mary departed for celebrations in London, where she fell ill with smallpox and died.
caption: Portrait by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1652
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