Francis, Duke of Teck

Francis was an Austrian and Hungarian nobleman who married into the British royal family.

Francis
Duke of Teck
Photograph by Alexander Bassano
BornCount Francis von Hohenstein
(1837-08-28)28 August 1837
Esseg, Slavonia, Austrian Empire
Died21 January 1900(1900-01-21) (aged 62)
White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England
Burial27 January 1900
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
SpousePrincess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
IssueMary, Queen of the United Kingdom
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
Prince Francis
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Full name
Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander
German: Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander
HouseDuke of Teck
FatherDuke Alexander of Württemberg
MotherCountess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Arms of Francis, Duke of Teck .[1]

Titles and styles

  • 28 August 1837 – 1 December 1863: Count Francis von Hohenstein
  • 1 December 1863 – 16 September 1871: His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck
  • 16 September 1871 – 11 July 1887: His Serene Highness The Duke of Teck
  • 11 July 1887 – 21 January 1900: His Highness The Duke of Teck

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ Maclagan, Michael; Louda, Jiří (1999). Line of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe. London: Little, Brown & Co. p. 30. ISBN 1-85605-469-1.
  2. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" pp. 27, 67
  3. ↑ "No. 23134". The London Gazette. 26 July 1866. p. 3871.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 'TECK', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 4 Jan 2012[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "No. 26871". The London Gazette. 9 July 1897. p. 3819.
  6. ↑ "No. 26725". The London Gazette. 27 March 1896. p. 1960.
  7. ↑ "Ritter-Orden: Oesterreichisch-kaiserlicher Leopolds-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1883, p. 128, retrieved 5 February 2021
  8. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1883), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen", p. 14
  9. ↑ "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1886, p. 7 – via hathitrust.org
German nobility
New creation Duke of Teck
1871–1900 		Succeeded by
Prince Adolphus of Teck