Mary de Teck
See also: Marie of the United Kingdom (homonymy)
The queen Mary , born Victoria Marie de Teck (or with its complete title of birth, Its Sérénissime Highness the Princess Victoria Marie Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teak of the Kingdom of Württemberg) (May 26th 1867 - March 24th 1953) was the wife of Georges V of the United Kingdom. The Mary queen carried the title of empress of the Indies and Reine of Ireland. By its marriage it was entitled to the title of princess of Wales, duchess of Cornouailles and duchess of York.
The Mary queen was one of the recent royal personalities most intellectual. She expressed an acute interest for the businesses of the state. She was also the first Royal Wife to attend the crowning of her successors. Its collection of jewels piled up with the son of the years is priceless today.
Childhood and youth
The princess Victoria Marie de Teck was born with the Palais from Kensington to London. His/her father was the duke Francis de Teck, wire of the duke Alexandre de Württemberg and his wife Morganatique the countess Claudine Rhédey of the KIS-Rhéde (born countess von Hohenstein of the Empire of Austria). His/her mother was Marie Adelaide of Cambridge, the third child and the benjamine of the duke Adolphus of Cambridge. She was called May by her family.Although his/her mother was grand-daughter of King Georges III, May was a secondary member of the British Royal family. His/her father, François of Wurtemberg, duke of Teak, resulting from a Mariage morganatic (without heritage or inheritance) had right only under High Highness sérinissime. The Parliament had however granted to him an annual pension of 4.000 £, plus 4.000 £ for his/her mother, Marie-Adelaide of Saxony-Cobourg-Gotha, duchess of Cambridge. In spite of that, the family was heavily in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the Créancier S in 1883. Teak travelled then through the Europe, visiting their various parents and remained with Florence, Italy. There, the May Princess could appreciate and visit the art galleries, the many churches and the Musée S.
In 1885, Teak return to London and it is allowed to them to reside at White Lodge in the palate of Windsor. May was close to his/her mother and was used as secretary, nonofficial, helping to organize social receptions and events. May was also close to his/her aunt, the Large-duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born Augusta duchess of Cambridge) with which it wrote each week. During the First World War, the Embassy of Switzerland forwarded its letters to his/her aunt who lived in Germany.
Engagement
In 1891, May is selected like marries for the duke Victor Albert de Clarence, the oldest son of prince de Galles Albert Edward. The fact that the queen Victoria and May had the same character and the same direction of the duty is undoubtedly not foreign with this choice. Albert Victor was the cousin of May: May was the girl of Marie Adelaide of Cambridge, of which the Adolphus father of Cambridge was the brother of the duke Edouard Auguste de Kent, the father of the Victoria Queen, who was the grandmother of Albert Victor. However, Albert Victor dies of Pneumonie six weeks later.In spite of this reverse, continuous the Victoria queen to support the May princess like a suitable candidate to marry a future king, and she persuades the brother of Albert Victor, George of York, to marry May. Although it was an arranged marriage, May and George are soon deeply in love. George does not have never seems it taken of mistress and he wrote almost the every day to him.
Their marriage took place the July 6th 1893, with the Royal Vault of the Palais of Saint James, with London.
Duchess of York
Made duchess of York by her marriage, it resides with her husband York Cottage , a small house in the royal field of Sandringham in the Norfolk. They have also apartments in the Palais of Saint James of London. This cottage was a modest residence for the royalty, but she was preferred of George, who liked the simple life.As a duke and a duchess of York, George and May traversed all the British Empire. In 1900, the Duke and the Duchess open the first meeting of the Australian Parlement, during the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Princess of Wales
The January 22nd 1901, the Victoria queen dies. Albert Edward becomes the king Edouard VII. The November 9th 1901, George is created Prince de Galles and May becomes Princesse of Wales then.The king Edward VII wishes that his son is prepared with his role of king, unlike his mother the Victoria queen who had kept it away of the businesses of the State. However, the Prince of Wales was not higher intellect and May helped it to be initiated with its future trade of king.
Marie queen
The May 6th 1910, the king Edouard VII dies and the Prince and the Princess of Wales go up on the throne. May chooses the royal name of Marie for her reign, this in order to respect the desire of the Victoria queen whom no British queen is named Victoria after it. The crowning of Georges and Marie to the Abbaye of Westminster takes place the June 22nd 1911. They travelled later in India for the Delhi Durbar, the December 11th 1911. The king and the queen visited the country and their new subjects as Empereur and an Empress.At the beginning of the reign of Marie, there were some conflicts with the queen Douairière Alexandra, her mother-in-law. Although the two queens were friendly and close, Alexandra was obstinate. She required precedence of Marie with the funeral of Edouard VII, spent time to leave the Palais of Buckingham and preserved some of the royal jewels which should have been allocated to the new queen.
The queen Marie, honest support of her husband, became stronger during her reign. She brought her assistance to the king for her speeches and used her vast knowledge of the history and the royalty to advise it on the questions of State.
The history holds Marie like an inattentive mother. Its young person John sons did not leave the property of Sandringham so that the public does not discover its epilepsy. However, Marie taught with her children the history and the music. Edouard, in his memories, speaks about the affection and the benevolence of his Marie mother.
In 1935, Georges V and the Marie queen celebrate their money jubilee, from which the celebrations extend to all the British Empire. However, George was already very sick.
Queen dowager
The king George V dies the January 20th 1936 and their oldest son the Prince Edward, Prince de Galles, goes up on the throne under the name of Edward VIII. Although honest and supporting her son, it cannot include/understand why Edouard neglects his position of king in order to marry Wallis Simpson. Marie refused to meet Wallis as well in public as into private. When Edward decided to abdicate, Marie brought a moral support with the shy person and bégayant Prince Albert, Duc of York, which must replace Edward on the throne. She helps Albert become king under the name of George VI as well as the new Queen, witnessing even their crowning, being the first Queen dowager to do it.During the Second world war, George VI wished that his/her mother be evacuated of London, although she hesitated to do it. She decided to go with her niece Mary Somerset, duchess of Beaufort, girl of her Adolphus brother, in Badminton House. Over there Marie supported the effort of war by visiting troops and factories. The Queen was as a kind of kleptomaniac opportunist, by showing very clearly with her hosts as she wished one their treasures while coming to admire it on several occasions and in an extravagant way until the treasure is given to the Queen.
In 1952 the son of Marie, George VI dies, and its grand-daughter, the Princesse Elizabeth, goes up on the throne under the name of Elizabeth II. Marie dies the following year, before the crowning of Elizabeth II. Its wish was that crowning is not deferred. She is buried with the Vault of George Saint, with the Château of Windsor.
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