his queen, and son
The syntax is somewhat confusing. Falkland and Gower/Goring are mentioned
as companions to King Charles I, whose queen was Henrietta Maria (1609-69)
-- actually Henriette-Marie, daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de
Medici, by birth and practice a Roman Catholic. The son mentioned here
probably would be Charles II
(1630-85; restored after the Commonwealth as
king of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-85); but the term could as easily
apply to his slightly younger brother James II (1633-1701), who became
king after the death of Charles II but was deposed three years later, in
1688, in what became known as the Bloodless Revolution.
