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    Posted: 16-May-2012 at 02:28
The King who never was. Instead along comes Charlie the First and you know the rest.
 
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England would have been a very different place if Henry lived long enough to be king. He was charming and popular, unlike poor stuttering Charles
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Henry Frederick was named after two famous European kings:  Frederick II of Denmark (the father of James' wife Anne) and Henry VIII, father of his cousin Elizabeth. James was eager to appear close to the ageing Elizabeth to ensure his succession
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Quite right but alas to no avail...we got Charlie.
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King James wrote texts for the schooling of his children.       
James directed that Henry Frederick's household "should rather imitate a College than a Court."    
Sir Thomas Chaloner wrote in 1607:      
His Highness's household was intended by the King for a courtly college or a collegiate court.
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Prince Henry Frederick was interested in state-craft.       
He often requested friends to send him secret descriptions of French fortifications.    
Henry held a court which was filled with learned, pious, and radical men who he kept a close eye on.
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