Mary of Teck | |||||
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![]() Queen Mary, circa 1925 | |||||
Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions; Empress consort of India | |||||
Tenure | 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936 | ||||
Coronation | 22 June 1911 | ||||
Imperial Durbar | 12 December 1911 | ||||
Born | Princess Victoria Mary of Teck 26 May 1867 Kensington Palace, London, England | ||||
Died | 24 March 1953 Marlborough House, London, England | (aged 85)||||
Burial | 31 March 1953 | ||||
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House | Teck | ||||
Father | Francis, Duke of Teck | ||||
Mother | Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge | ||||
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Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George V. She was the mother of King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) and King George VI, and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the great-grandmother of the current king of the United Kingdom, Charles III.
By birth, Mary was a member of the House of Teck in Berlin, Germany, and through her mother, she was a distant member of the British Royal Family. Within her family, she was given the nickname "May" after the month of her birth.