#simon pietersz vereist

[royalty-nobility]

Mary of Modena

Artist: Simon Pietersz Verelst (Dutch, 1644-1699)

Date: c. 1680

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Description

Mary of Modena (Italian: Maria Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland as the second wife of James II and VII. A devout Catholic, Mary married the widower James, who was then the younger brother and heir presumptive of Charles II. She was devoted to James and their children, two of whom survived to adulthood: the Jacobite claimant to the thrones, James Francis Edward, and Louisa Maria Teresa.