Simon Verelst: Mary of Modena, c. 1680. Maria Beatrice d'Este, also known as Mary of Modena, was the

Simon Verelst: Mary of Modena, c. 1680.

Maria Beatrice d'Este, also known as Mary of Modena, was the second wife of James II. She married him in 1673, when she was fifteen years old and he was still Duke of York.