Mary of Modena

ROYAL CONSORTS

14-year-old Italian heiress Mary Beatrice d’Este married the ageing widower James, Duke of York, in 1673. Her husband inherited the throne 12 years later; Mary wore three crowns at the lavish coronation. Having suffered many stillbirths, everyone was...

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