Mary of the United Kingdom

Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom

Daughter of Prince George, Duke of York, later George V. King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) and Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953)

Born: York Cottage, Sandringham 25. Apr 1897

Christened: St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham 7. Jun 1897

Godparents:

• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (her paternal great-grandmother)

• Alexandra, Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra, her paternal grandmother)

• Dowanger Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (her paternal great-aunt)

• Georgios I., King of the Hellenes (her paternal great-uncle)

• The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII. of the United Kingdom, her paternal grandfather)

• Franz, Duke of Teck (her maternal grandfather)

• Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (her maternal grandmother)

• Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (her paternal aunt)

Married: Westminster Abbey, London 28. Feb 1922 Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood (1846-1929) and his wife Lady Florence Bridgeman (1859-1943).

Issue:

• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011) m. 1949 (div. 1967) Marion Stein (1926); m. 1967 Patricia Tuckwell (1926)

• Hon. Gerald Lascelles (1924-1998) m. 1952 (div. 1978) Angela Dowding (1919-2007); m. 1978 Elizabeth Collingwood (1924-2006)

Died: Harewood House, Yorkshire 28. Mar 1965 from a heart attack

Buried: Harewood, Yorkshire

  

  

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, (Harewood) http://www.burkespeerage.com; for godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm