Mary of Modena (5 October 1658 - 7 May 1718) was the queen consort of King James II of England and VII of Scotland. Daughter of Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena and Laura Martinozzi (niece of Jules Cardinal Mazarin), she was born in Modena and christened Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este. She had a strict Roman Catholic upbringing, and thought briefly of becoming an abbess in an order of nuns founded by her mother. Wikipedia
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