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Prince Francis of Teck (Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick; 9 January 1870 – 22 October 1910) was the younger brother of the British queen Mary of Teck, wife of King George V. Family. The Duchess of Teck with her children, about 1884.
Francis, Duke of Teck (Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander; 28 August 1837 – 21 January 1900), known as Count Francis von Hohenstein until 1863, was an Austrian-born nobleman who married into the British royal family.
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Frank, or His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck, was born on 9th January 1870 in Kensington Palace, London. He was the third child and the second son of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Prince Francis, Duke of Teck. The couple married in 1866, and Mary (May), the future Queen Mary, consort of King George V, was born in May 1867, followe...
Throughout his life, Frank courted trouble which frequently left him in disgrace with his siblings. As much as Queen Mary has been remembered for her constancy and formality, Frank was unruly, a gambler and a womaniser. He secretly gave the valuable Cambridge emeralds to his mistress Nellie. Queen Mary was not impressed, and she retrieved the famil...
By September 1883, the Duke and Duchess of Teck had accrued eye-watering debts. They were much too extravagant and generous with their limited funds. The European mainland was less expensive than Britain to live in, so Francis, Mary Adelaide, May and initially Alge went into a cost-saving exile in Florence, Italy. To remain incognito, the duke and ...
Towards the end of the 1880s, Frank began his military training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst in Buckinghamshire. Queen Victoria was unsuccessful in persuading the Teck boys to serve in the Wurttemberg army so that they could claim power in the kingdom if or when an opportunity presented itself. The ruling Wurttembergs were Catholic, and ...
Tomboy "Harry," Princess Maud of Wales was the youngest daughter of the future Edward VII and his wife Alexandra. She was reputedly besotted with Frank, but he was not interested in her or settling down. He could have married Maud simply to gain the money to pay off his staggering gambling debts and his future losses, but he resisted. In 1896 Maud ...
When Mary Adelaide died in 1897, Frank was bequeathed the impressive Cambridge emeralds, in total forty cabochon emeralds of various sizes that were installed in a set of jewellery. The emeralds had come into the family's possession when Frank's grandparents, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and his Duchess Augusta (of Hesse-Kassel) were in Frankfurt e...
When the contents of Frank's will were discovered, May and her brothers were horrified that the family emeralds were to be permanently separated from the Cambridge's other pieces. They wanted the emeralds back from Nellie. May swiftly had Frank's will sealed so its details did not become public. (This royal will tradition continues). Nellie, Counte...
Jun 21, 2024 · How the will of Prince Francis of Teck so shocked the British royals that they had it hidden in a safe for more than a century. Now, it's public.
In 1863 King William I of Württemberg granted him the title His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck to enhance his eligibility. A fortuitous meeting with the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) at thee Viennese court in 1865 would profoundly change his circumstances.
Nov 28, 2023 · 1897 July 2, Friday, Francis, Duke of Teck (at 11) and Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (at 12), attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House along with their sons Princes Adolphus, Francis and Alexander of Teck.
Sep 16, 2021 · Prince Francis of Teck, brother of Queen Mary, was the first royal whose will was sealed on his death. He said there was no legal reason for any representations from media organisations...
