Mary of Teck

Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, Princess of Teck; called “May” by her family

Daughter of Franz, Duke of Teck (1837-1900), himself a morganatic son of  Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1804-1885), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-1897)

Born: Kensington Palace, London 26. May 1867

Christened: Kensington Palace, London 27. Jul 1867

Godparents:

• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (her mother’s cousin)

• The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, her future father-in-law)

• The Duchess of Cambridge (born Augusta, Princess of Hesse-Cassel, her maternal grandmother)

Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London 6. Jul 1893 Prince George, Duke of York, who became George V. King of the United Kingdom in 1910 (1865-1936), son of Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) and Alexandra, Princess of Denmark (1844-1925)

Issue:

• Edward VIII. King of the United Kingdom (1894-1972) m. 1937 Bessie Wallis Warfield, Mrs. Simpson (1896-1986)

• George VI. King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) m. 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002)

• Mary, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (1897-1965) m. 1922 Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947)

• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) m. 1935 Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1901-2004)

• Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) m. 1934 Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968)

• Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905-1919)

Died: Marlborough House, London 24. Mar 1953 from lung cancer

Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; GHdA, Fürsten II, Vol XVII 2004; Marita A. Panzer “Englands Königinnen“ Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2001; for godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm