The October Queens
2nd October 2015
Maria of Modena was born in October 1658 and is the last queen consort, so far, to have celebrated a birthday in that month
When being a queen meant that you had married a king, rather than being a ruler yourself, life stories were told very differently. The queens of yesteryear might have ended up as some of the best known personalities of their time but the start of their stories were often as…