Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge CI DStJ (Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth; 27 November 1833 - 27 October 1897), later known as the Duchess of Teck, was a member of the British royal family. She was one of the first royals to patronise a wide range of charities and was a first cousin of Queen Victoria. Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 - 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V .
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Mary of Teck, also known as Victoria Mary of Teck, was raised in an upper-class family in Great Britain. After losing her first fiancé to influenza, she married his brother, the future King. Duke of Teck ( German: Herzog von Teck) is a title which was created twice in Germanic lands. It was first borne from 1187 to 1439 by the head of a cadet line of the German ducal House of Zähringen, known as the "first House of Teck". The seat of this territory was Castle Teck in the Duchy of Swabia (from 1512 part of the County of Württemberg ). Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck The young Princess May was educated at home, by a governess, the family were forced to live abroad in 1883, to economise, Mary Adelaide was hopeless with managing money and had got badly in debt. Died: March 24, 1953 in London, England Parents: Francis, Duke of Teck, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, who was a granddaughter of King George III. Spouse: King George V (m. 1893-1936)
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Mary Adelaide was the daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. Her father was the seventh son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Mary Adelaide married Francis, Duke of Teck, with whom she had four children. The Duke and Duchess of Teck's daughter, "May", was the wife of George V and became known. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge CI DStJ , later known as the Duchess of Teck, was a member of the British royal family. She was one of the first royals to patronise a wide range of charities and was a first cousin of Queen Victoria. Mary Adelaide was the daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 - 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V. Mary Adelaide (1833-1897) Duchess of Teck.Name variations: Mary Adelaide Guelph; Fat Mary. Born Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth on November 27, 1833, in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on October 27, 1897, at White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England; daughter of Adolphus Guelph, 1st duke of Cambridge, and Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (1797-1889); married Francis, 1st duke of Teck, on.
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November 27, 2023 ~ Saad719 Today marks the 190th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, the Duchess of Teck, who was born on this day in 1833! 27 November 1833 - 27 October 1897 Mary Adelaide was the daughter of Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, the youngest surviving son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, she was therefore a first cousin of Queen Victoria. Her mother was Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, the daughter of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel.
Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck. (1833-1897), Philanthropist; mother of Queen Mary. Sitter in 44 portraits. Like. List Thumbnail. Sort by. View 20 40 60 results per page. 1 2 3. The Duke and Duchess of Teck receiving officers of the Indian Contingent, 1882. Known as 'Fat Mary', the Duchess of Teck was a popular member of the British Royal Family and of high society. She did not live to see her daughter become Princess of Wales or Queen, passing away following an emergency operation in 1897.
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Biography of Mary of Teck, Royal British Matriarch
Margaret Evelyn Cambridge (née Grosvenor), Marchioness of Cambridge (8 April 1873 - 27 March 1929) was the sixth child and third daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster and the wife of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge. When the Duchess of Teck died, it was given to her eldest son, Prince Adolphus, but by 1923, it was in the possession of his sister, Queen Mary. 1 Embed from Getty Images The brooch was "formed as a cluster of brilliant flowers and leaves in cut-down open-back settings, partly pavé-set, suspending four detachable pear-shaped drops on rose.