#mary of modena

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↳ Historical Ladies Name: Mary/Marie/Maria

[acrossthewavesoftime]

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🐶 merry-monarch

#monday motivation #motivational quote #there are indeed good thyngs and bad in this countrie #the good: women #the bad: PARLEMENT

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💖 mary-clorine

I have two husbands, and that causes me much trouble and torment of the soul, for I may be with childe by one, and have thus given horns to th'other, who is also a lady, and we have been married first. Now she won't writ to me as we did as girles, and my lawfull husband, I have not yett told, for my condition is not certain yet. I cannot talk in honesty whith one, and with the other husband, neither.

'Tis awkward to speak of this, but if not to your friends online, to whom can one talk of such troubles?

#personal #might remove later #aurelia I miss you

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🤴dukeofm

There are thyngs the governement, the Kinge in particular, do not wish you to know about: the Royall Successioun is all made false, for instead of the D. of Yorke, the True Heir to H. M. the Kinge shoud be the Duke of Monmouth, for he was lawfully begot by the Kinge, then married in secret to the late Lucy Walter, and must therefore be accepted as Prince before his uncle the D. of Yorke, who is a Catholick.

All ye good people should speak up against this injustice! If you cannot pledge your life (if there be a fight), or some shillings to the cause, you may help it greatly alreadie by re-bloggying, and bringing this mater to greater awareness!

#sociall justice #awareness #politick

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🎀 prettywittynell

@merry-monarch had me painted! For more content like this, and to vote which painter shoud doe me (haha!) next, please visit my OnlieFriendes account!!!

#lely #girlboss #hotter than madam carwell!! ;)))

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🍊 je-maintiendrai

Hans Willem et moy!

Vouz pouves nous voir en visitant Stichting Kasteel Amerongen, ou icy, en-ligne (un grand mercy au Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis): https://rkd.nl/images/126807

#meilleur amy #boy best friends #louis n'a pas d'amy si proche que j'ay

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👑 catholic-guilty666

Why cannot a man haue normall nepheues. One, @je-maintiendrai, is nigh a Puritan in his Protestant fervour, and th'other dispreads falsehoods about the monarcky (and the Roman Church).

I reported the other one, @dukeofm for his libel, in hopes he shall be deactivated, alas th'other I can but block, and not banished from this place. I also hope my daughter the Princess shall divorce him speedilye.

Tonight, I hope to forgett all about this vexing bussinesse by thinking on going a-stag hunting tomorrow with H. M. my brothere, the King.

#vent #vent post #callout post

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🇮🇹modenamarie

#poll #nicknames #mary

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💃 annieannieannie

3. The feeling One experiences when One findes out, that one's weird uncle hath a Tumblr-accountt, too 💀💀💀

do not follow him

#i thought 'twas my bad eyes but what i was seeing was real #the family #non followeres do not interact

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[catherinetheprincessofwales]

9 Royal Mary’s of history - Reigning and Consorting: -> 1. Mary of Burgundy: Consort of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1457–1482). -> 2. Mary of Hungary (Mary of Habsburg): Queen consort of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (1505–1558). -> 3. Mary I of England: Reigned 1553–1558 (1516–1558). -> 4. Mary of Guise: Queen consort of James V of Scotland, regent for Mary, Queen of Scots (1515–1560). -> 5. Mary, Queen of Scots: Reigned 1542–1567 (1542–1587). -> 6. Mary II of England: Reigned 1689–1694 (1662–1694). -> 7. Mary of Modena: Queen consort of James II of England, regent for James Francis Edward Stuart (1658–1718). -> 8. Mary of Teck (Queen Mary): Consort of George V of UK, reigned 1910–1936 (1867–1953). -> 9. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (Queen Mary): current Queen consort of Frederick X of Denmark since 14th January 2024 (1972-).

[coquetteladyofthedeadmensworld]

A Father's Crown Cannot Save You

Bonus Excerpt Part One: Maria

Rub, rub.

Her eyes did not seem to get any less blurry.

Rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, RUB, RUB.

The sun was not to be messed with today, it seemed. Then she blinked, at least twelve dozen times until she could clearly focus. However a strange sense of wooziness took over her, causing the queenly nun to immediately lie back down again with a sharp intake of breath and a sigh.

Why am I feeling faint??

Sitting up, Maria could feel her nerves from yesterday build back up at the thought of William of Orange campaigning again.

"He will probably succeed," she whispered to herself, "He always does."

She knew it was silly to be so bothered about him now but she couldn't help it.

It took her back to James.

When she had first married Jamie's father, she had been scared at first. Terrified. Weeping whenever he arrived. Probably after meeting some mistress of his.

She'd also resented him a bit too. When she befriended one of her new ladies, Catherine Sedley, he ended up pulling her into bed with him, which had sent an annoyance tingling through her soul. Could she not have friends of her own?

Who could blame her?? She had been a mere girl of fifteen who had been sheltered from the world ever since she took her first breath.

But then...

She had grown to like James; aside from having the usual other woman, he was actually very caring about her, spending as much time as possible with her, taking her out hunting with him and genuinely being a proper father to their children no matter how short-lived that was, playing with them .

It wasn't just James though; she had also enjoyed the company of Charles, her brother-in-law and Catherine, her sister-in-law. A tall, energetic man with an excellent sense of humour and a shy, sweetheart of a woman who just happened to rule Britain, alongside her two stepdaughters, Mary and Anne; eleven and eight respectively at the time, especially Mary who warmed up to her new stepmother immediately. Little Anne took a while.

Not even the pillow could dim the glow coming from Maria's face as she buried herself in all the warm fuzzy moments with her beloved James and his family, Snowball fights, picnics, carriage rides, masques, balls... The list went on.

But then more memories kicked in; worse ones. She had clearly been too comfortable.

"Your Majesty, the King has sent word. His army is deteriorating by the minute with many officers defecting to the Prince of Orange, including Lord Churchill." "What?" "He requests you take the Prince and flee the country."

"Now, what shall we do with you and this.. boy?" "Please don't hurt him, he's a baby!"

"Are you sure you are being honest?" "Ye,ye,ye-YES! OF COURSE HE'S MINE! Why wouldn't he be?!"

This happened every time her mind went back which she did not want to face again.

The nightmare continued until finally she broke down sobbing into her bedsheets.

[0urgraciousqueen]

spouses of jacobite pretenders/heir-general of the Stuart pretenders during their tenure

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Willem Wissing (Dutch, active in Britain, 1656-1687) Mary of Modena, Queen consort to James II, ca.1685 Yale Center for British Art

[unhingedwhitehall]

Maria: Honey, I set the table up all nice for our anniversa- DID YOU JUST QUOTE SHAKESPEARE AGAIN?!

[defensivelee]

this post is so york'este

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A Father's Crown Cannot Save You

James Francis Edward is the snubbed heir to the throne of England with only his mother and the nuns for comfort.

[coquetteladyofthedeadmensworld]

The seventeenth century was the century of queer pride, in my opinion.

You: “Men were men and women were women in the 17th century”

Me: 

Philippe d’Orleans, brother of Louis XIV, flagrantly gay and dandy, in a long term relationship with the Chevalier de Lorraine, and loved to dress in female clothing too.

Hortense Mancini, royal mistress and female libertine, flagrantly bisexual and enjoyed to dress as a man on the odd occasion. 

Aphra Behn, poet and playwright, general libertine, most probably a lesbian and defied gender roles by managing to make it big in a man’s world some 200 years before feminism was a thing. Also advocated racial equality and denounced slavery.

James I, King of England (and Scotland), VERY VERY GAY. Boyfriends included the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Esme Stewart.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, one of the greatest soldiers in history but also “irresistible to either men or women” 

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, a poet and libertine who was defying ideas about masculinity anyway but who, on the good authroity of @thepurposeofplaying, was probably not cisgender.

Anne, Queen of Great Britain who was most probably gay and had romantic relationships with Sarah Churchill and Abigail Masham.

It was extremely in vogue for women to dress up as gentlemen, mainly for the pleasure of men, but also because they damn well wanted to because THEY LOOKED GOOD. Here is Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orleans, in her male attire: 

Mary of Modena, Queen of England, in her attire:

And here is Lady Frances Stewart (who, incidentally, was the model for Britannia, the personfication of Great Britain) in her attire: 

Here’s what contemporaries have to say about the fashion styles of the age: 

“A strange effeminate age when men strive to imitate women in their apparell, viz. long periwigs, patches in their faces, painting, short wide breeches like petticoats, muffs, and their clothes highly scented, bedecked with ribbons of all colours. And this apparell was not only used by gentlemen and others of inferior quality, but by souldiers especially those of the Life Guard to the King, who would have spanners hanging on one side and a muff on the other, and when dirty weather some of them would relieve their gards in pattens.

On the other side, women would strive to be like men, viz., when they rode on horseback or in coaches weare plush caps like monteros, whether full of ribbons or feathers, long perwigs which men use to wear, and riding coat of a red colour all bedaubed with lace which they call vests, and this habit was chiefly used by the ladies and maids of honour belonging to the Queen, brought in fashion about anno 1662″

OH AND LET’S NOT FORGET MEN’’S HIGH HEELS:

Both of these belong to King Louis XIV of France.

Also, men didn’t start powdering their wigs until the 1700s which is the 18th century, you troll.

If you’re going to be homophobic and transphobic, try and be accurate next time. You wouldn’t want to be historically inaccurate.

LASTLY, a word from Philippe d’Orleans:

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Stuart Memes Brought By Yours Truly:

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Documentary – The Queens That Changed the World – Episode 1 – Queen Anne

The Queens That Changed the World © Channel 4 Below are notes I took while watching the Channel 4 documentary ‘The Queens That Changed the World’, episode 2, which was on Queen Anne. The first episode was on Elizabeth I and you can see my notes here. Future episodes will be on Queen Victoria, Hatshepsut, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Boudica, all of which I will add to this blog as I watch the…

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James and Maria did this!

Imagine your favorite historical figure having a snowball fight

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spotted someone while rewatching tvd:

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dresses in art

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Since this is James and Maria's wedding anniversary, here's a painting of them with their kids, Jamie and Louisa

1694 Pierre Mignard - James II and Family