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- The birth of this royal baby was largely greeted with fear, dread and outright denial. James’s enemies later developed an elaborate theory that a live newborn from another mother had been slipped into Mary of Modena’s bed in a warming pan to replace her own stillborn child and to be presented as the male heir to the throne.
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In the summer of 1688, Mary of Modena, queen to James II, gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward Stuart. This boy was the heir to the throne and his birth was celebrated by many in the country.
The 'warming-pan' baby. On 10 June 1688, Anne’s stepmother, Mary of Modena, gave birth to a baby boy, in a beautiful state bed you can now see at Kensington Palace. Earlier, Anne had alleged that the pregnancy was false.
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Jul 22, 2013 · The Baby in the Warming Pan. Given the imminent royal birth, I thought I would also post about Mary of Modena, the queen who was at the centre of the most controversial birth in English history. Mary of Modena (1658-1718) was the second wife of James II. She was the only daughter of Alphonso IV, Duke of Modena and his wife, Laura Martinozzi.
Jun 26, 2013 · Mary of Modena: A Royal Scandal. The first royal birth to become a media circus was that of James Stuart in 1688, the so-called “warming-pan baby”. In this lecture, we’ll look at the newspaper stories, medals, maps, songs, and pamphlets that told conflicting and sensational tales about the child born to James II and his second wife, Mary ...
The Warming Pan Scandal. In the summer of 1688, Mary of Modena, queen to James II, gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward Stuart. This boy was the heir to the throne and his birth was celebrated by many in the country.
