Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
3rd, Ireland.
Colours as used by James I. (q.v.).
_Supporters._--Dexter: A unicorn arg., maned, horned, hoofed, and
gorged with a princely coronet and chained or.
Sinister: A lion or, royally crowned.
_Crest._--The crest of Scotland as used by Mary, Queen of Scotland, but
on an English Royal Crown. Behind the shield are two standards bearing
respectively the crosses of St. Andrew and St. George, and the helmet,
collar of the Order of the Thistle, and motto are all as used by Queen
Mary.
[Illustration]
MARY OF MODENA, QUEEN CONSORT OF JAMES II.
_Arms._--Two shields side by side.
Dexter shield: Gu., 3 lions passant guardant, in pale, or,
langued and unguled az. _England._
Sinister shield: Arg., an eagle displayed sa. _D'Este._
Ensigned with a Royal Crown of foreign design, and enclosed between two
palm branches.
_Note._--This stamp was probably made in France after 1689.
[DESPORCELLETS. _Regne de Jacques II._ MS.]
[Illustration]
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Quarterly.
1st and 4th grand quarters, quarterly; France and England.
2nd grand quarter; Scotland.
3rd grand quarter; Ireland.
As used by James I. (q.v.). Over all the label, with three points arg.,
of an eldest son.
Sinister: Quarterly.
1st and 4th; arg., an eagle displayed sa., coroneted ppr.
_D'Este._
2nd and 3rd; az., 3 fleurs-de-lys or, within a bordure
counter-indented, or and gu. _Ferrara._
Ensigned with a princely coronet.
_Supporters._--Dexter: A lion of England or, wearing a princely coronet
ppr., and charged on the neck with a label of three points arg.
Sinister: An eagle of D'Este sa., wearing a ducal coronet or.
_Note._--This stamp was made while James was still Duke of York, that
is to say, between 1673 and 1685.
[WALLER. _Poems._ London, 1668.]
Mary Beatrice of Modena (born 5th October 1658, died 7th
May 1718) was a daughter of Alphonso IV., D'Este, Duke of
Modena. She was a strong Roman Catholic. In 1673 she married
James, Duke of York, whom she presently converted to the
Roman Catholic religion, and when she became queen in 1685,
her influence over the king continued to be very great. There
were many disquieting rumours about the birth of the Prince of
Wales, and Queen Mary was never liked in England. She seems,
however, to have been a devoted and affectionate wife.
Her trouble culminated about 1688, when she fled to France
with her little son, and was well and honourably received by
Louis XIV. James II. presently joined her at the Palace of St.
Germain, which the French king had put at his disposal on his
deposition from the throne of England in 1689. After James's
death in 1701 Queen Mary continued to live at St. Germain, and
remained there for the rest of her life.
[Illustration]
MARY, PRINCESS OF ENGLAND, AFTERWARDS QUEEN OF FRANCE AND DUCHESS OF
SUFFOLK.
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