Valet

"I would die for her!"

- Henry to the Genie

Henry is a minor character in Once Upon a Time. He is the father of the Evil Queen.

Season One
Henry was the father of Regina, the Evil Queen, and served as her valet for many years. When she was married to King Leopold, she managed to tell him about her love for the Genie and convinced him to trick him. Henry delivered a box with a poisonous snake inside it to the Genie in the hopes that he would take it to Regina's chambers.

At some point after this he was captured by the Queen of Hearts, he was made small, and kept in a box. He was subsequently rescued by his daughter, at the sacrifice of the Mad Hatter, whom she talked into helping her, then betrayed. She gave him a piece of a magical mushroom, which returned him to his normal size.

Later, after King Leopold's death and the Genie's entrapment in every mirror the palace had, Henry was Regina's companion. When she vowed vengeance on Snow White and Prince James, he advised her on how to make the Dark Curse work.

However, the curse failed to work when Regina used the heart of her favorite horse, and thus he told her to go to the person who had given her the curse in the first place. Regina went to the dark wizard Rumpelstiltskin, who was imprisoned in the mines. Rumpelstiltskin, in turn, told her that she needed the heart of the thing she loved most.

Thus, she went back and told Henry the news. He caught on quickly, and tried to convince her that she didn't need to live with hatred all the time, and that the two could start a new life over again. Regina nods and hugs him, but as he hugs her back, she stabs him, and whispers "I'm sorry."

After the Curse was unleashed, she made a grave for him that read Henry, Beloved Father.

Appearances

 * The Thing You Love Most
 * Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
 * Hat Trick

Trivia

 * He is the namesake of Henry Mills.
 * He has a tomb in the Storybrooke cemetery.
 * He was often considered the Queen's only friend, other than Maleficent.