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1 de ene. de 1984 · As my 2017 biography binge winds down, so does my current exploration of the modern British monarchy. I have been lucky to collect a number of biographical pieces that link together, from George III and his daughters, to Victoria, to her five consort granddaughters, and now to Mary of Teck.
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 24 March 1953) was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V. By birth, she was a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, with the style Serene Highness.
"Mary [Princess Mary of Teck] (1867–1953), queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and empress of India, consort of George V" published on by Oxford University Press.
Paperback – 10 Jan. 2019. The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers. When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular ...
- James Pope-Hennessy
Early Years and Education. Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes was born 26th May 1867, to Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, and Countess Claudine Rhedey von Kis-Rhede. She was born at Kensington Palace in London, England. Mary was the oldest of four children, with three brothers. She was educated at home by a governess and her ...
Ancestry Ancestors of Mary of Teck 8. Duke Louis of Württemberg[73] 4. Duke Alexander of Württemberg 9. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg 2. Francis, Duke of Teck 10. Count László Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde. 5. Claudine Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde[73] 11. Baroness Ágnes Inczédy de Nagy-Várad 1. Princess Mary of Teck 12.
James Pope-Hennessy. As official biographer, the author had access to private papers which helped unfold the moving story of Princess May of Teck's impoverished childhood, her significant reign and her old age as the much admired Queen Dowager; she saw her fiancee, husband and three sons die, and another abdicate before her own death in 1953.
