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[Index]
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| Mary_of_Teck (May) ? (1867 - 1953) |
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Queen
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| Date |
Age |
Event |
Place |
Notes |
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| 26 May 1867 |
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Mary_of_Teck (May) ? was born |
Kensington Palace, London, England |
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| 06 Jul 1893 |
26 |
Married George_V WINDSOR (aged 28) |
Chapel Royal, St James Palace |
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| 23 Jun 1894 |
27 |
Birth of son Edward_VIII WINDSOR |
White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England |
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| 14 Dec 1895 |
28 |
Birth of son George_VI WINDSOR |
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 1897 |
30 |
Death of mother Mary Adelaide (Fat_Mary) ? (aged 64) |
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| 25 Apr 1897 |
29 |
Birth of daughter Mary WINDSOR |
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 1900 |
33 |
Death of father Francis (aged 63) |
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| 31 Mar 1900 |
32 |
Birth of son Henry William Frederick WINDSOR |
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 20 Dec 1902 |
35 |
Birth of son George Edward Alexander WINDSOR |
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 12 Jul 1905 |
38 |
Birth of son John Charles Francis WINDSOR |
York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 18 Jan 1919 |
51 |
Death of son John Charles Francis WINDSOR (aged 13) |
Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, England |
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| 20 Jan 1936 |
68 |
Death of husband George_V WINDSOR (aged 70) |
Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 25 Aug 1942 |
75 |
Death of son George Edward Alexander WINDSOR (aged 39) |
Morven, Scotland |
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| 06 Feb 1952 |
84 |
Death of son George_VI WINDSOR (aged 56) |
Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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| 24 Mar 1953 |
85 |
Mary_of_Teck (May) ? died |
Marlborough Hse, London, England |
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| Personal Notes: |
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Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was the Queen Consort of George V. Queen Mary was also the Empress of India. Before her accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall and Princess of Wales. In her own right she held the title of a Princess of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg with the style Her Serene Highness. To her family, she was informally known as May, after her birth month. Although her father was of German extraction, he married into the British Royal Family, and "May" was born and brought up in England. At the age of 24 she was betrothed to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, the heir to the British throne, but six weeks after the engagement was announced he unexpectedly died of pneumonia. The following year she became engaged to the new heir, Albert Victor's brother, George. As his Queen Consort from 1910, she supported her husband through World War I, his ill-health, and major political changes arising from the aftermath of the war and the rise of socialism and nationalism. After George's death in 1936, her eldest son Edward became King-Emperor, but to her dismay he abdicated the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Mrs. Wallis Simpson. She supported her second son, Albert, who succeeded to the throne as George VI, until his death in 1952. She died the following year. Queen Mary was known for setting the tone of the British Royal Family, as a model of regal formality and propriety, especially during state occasions. She was the first Queen Consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Noted for superbly bejewelling herself for formal events, Queen Mary left a collection of jewels now considered priceless. |
