Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, 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.
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter in the Royal Collection, 1846
Photograph by Camille Silvy, 1860
The Duchess of Teck and her family c. 1883; Prince Alexander sits centre with his arm around the Duchess, Princess Mary (later Queen Mary) is seated at far right
Mary Adelaide, c. 1880
Duke of 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.
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Teck, Scheiblersches Wappenbuch, 1450–80
Francis, Duke of Teck