(r.1910-1936)
Mary of Teck served as Queen Consort alongside her husband King George V from May of 1910 to January of 1936. She is the daughter of Francis of Teck, and Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. She is also the great-granddaughter of King George III.
She was set to marry Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, but passed away before the marriage exchange in 1892. She then later married Queen Victoria’s other son George, who was second in line to the throne. The two became wed in 1893.
She was considered the Queen who changed the image and significance of the “House of Windsor.” Looking into the travel glass, during a difficult era of WWI, Germany and Great Britain faced many challenges. It was a moment to choose who showed the most loyalty. It was also a time to determine how to keep the Royal Family from crashing and burning.
The Queen helped to make it clear to cut ties with Germany, and to disassociate in the Russian Revolution; and their name was changed from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to Windsor. To this today that last name still remains with King Charles III.
Queen Victoria Mary of Teck died in 1952, just 10 weeks before her grand daughter Elizabeth II’s coronation.
