![]() ![]() When Mary was 15 Charles decided it was time for Mary to be married and it had to be a Protestant bridegroom for Mary. She never thought she would be subject to the same fate as most before her. Princesses were political bargaining chips and all of that went completely over Mary’s head. She had never really given any thought to marriage or the fact that princesses were normally married off for the political gain of their country. She could have gone on living that way forever and been happy. Mary was a daydreamer and she knew she had an ideal life she was a beauty at court that was petted and loved by her father, uncle, and handsome illegitimate cousin Duke of Monmouth. Both girls had it all, beauty, titles, wealth, family, education, and good health except for bad eyes, they were all very happy together. ![]() Mary’s younger sister Anne and her grew up in a close family. ![]() Mary’s parents married for love and besides her fathers affairs with numerous mistresses her childhood was a happy one. Her uncle Charles sadly had no legitimate male heirs making Mary’s father next in line for the throne and her second if her father had no male heirs. Her father James the Duke of York heir apparent doted on his favorite daughter. ![]() In Post-Restoration England Princess Mary was the favorite niece of King Charles II. ![]()
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