Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge

Female 1833 - 1897  (63 years)


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  • Name Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge 
    Born 27 Nov 1833  Hanover, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 Oct 1897  White Lodge, Richmond Park, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 3 Nov 1897  St.George Chapel Cemetery Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14371  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2021 

    Father Adolphus Frederick Hanover, 1st Duke of Cambridge,   b. 24 Feb 1774, Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1850, Kew, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Auguste Wilhelmine Luise von Hessen-Kassel,   b. 25 Jul 1797, Rumpenheim, Offenbach am Main, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1889, Saint James's Palace, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 7 May 1818  Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander Von Würtemberg, Duke of Teck,   b. 28 Aug 1837, Osijek, Grad Osijek, Osječko-baranjska, Croatia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1900, Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1866  Kew, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck,   b. 26 May 186, Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1953, Marlborough House, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 176 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F5764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8614933/mary_adelaide_of_cambridge
    • British Nobility. Younger daughter of Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, she was born Her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth Guelph. She was ceaselessly popular with the public, and nicknamed Fat Mary for her very wide girth, prompting her first cousin, Queen Victoria to comment "The mob likes fat people". Mary had extravagent tastes in food, clothes, and jewels, and was the first of the royal family to patronize many charities. She married Francis of Teck, later Duke of Teck, on June 12, 1866. Together they had three sons and one daughter, Mary, who married Prince George, later King George V. Princess Mary died at White Lodge, Richmond Park, at the age of 64.