Maryamu, Gimbiya ta Sarauta da kuma Countess na Harewood

**Mary, Gimbiya Royal** (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 ga Afrilu 1897 - 28 ga Maris 1965), ta kasance memba na dangin sarautar Birtaniya . Ita kaɗai ce 'yar Sarki George na Biyar da Sarauniya Mary, 'yar'uwar sarakuna Edward VIII da George VI, kuma goggon Elizabeth ta Biyu . A Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, ta yi aikin agaji don tallafawa sojoji da iyalansu. Ta auri Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles (daga baya Earl na 6 na Harewood), a 1922. An ba Mary taken Gimbiya Royal a 1932. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ita ce Kwamandan Gudanarwa na Ayyukan Yankuna . Gimbiya Royal da Earl na Harewood suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu, George Lascelles, Earl na 7 na Harewood, da Gerald David Lascelles .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Mary da ƙarfe 3:30 na yamma a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1897 a York Cottage a Sandringham Estate da ke Norfolk, [1] a lokacin mulkin kakarta Sarauniya Victoria . Ita ce 'ya ta uku kuma 'ya mace tilo ga Duke da Duchess na York (daga baya Sarki George na biyar da Sarauniya Mary ). Mahaifinta shi ne ɗan Yarima da Gimbiya Wales da ya rage (daga baya Sarki Edward na bakwai da Sarauniya Alexandra ), yayin da mahaifiyarta ita ce babba kuma 'yar Duke da Duchess na Teck . An sanya mata suna Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, bayan kakarta ta uba Sarauniya Victoria; [2] [3] kakarta ta uba, Alexandra, Gimbiya Wales ; kakarta ta uba, Mary Adelaide, Duchess na Teck ; da kuma kakanta, Alice, Grand Duchess na Hesse da kuma Rhine, wacce ta yi bikin ranar haihuwa tare da ita. An san ta da sunayen Kirista na ƙarshe, Mary. Ta kasance ta biyar a jerin magaji a lokacin haihuwarta, sai kakanta, mahaifinta, da kuma manyan 'yan'uwanta Edward da Albert, kodayake daga baya ta koma bayan zuriyar bayan haihuwar ƙannenta Henry, George, da John .

An yi mata baftisma a Cocin St Mary Magdalene kusa da Sandringham a ranar 7 ga Yuni ta hannun William Dalrymple Maclagan, Babban Bishop na York . Iyayenta su ne: Sarauniya (kakarta); Sarkin Hellene (kakarta ta uba); Sarauniyar Dowager ta Rasha (kakarta ta uba); Yarima da Gimbiya Wales (kakannin uba); Duchess na Teck (kakarta ta uba); Gimbiya Victoria ta Wales (kakarta ta uba); da Yarima Francis na Teck (kawun mahaifiyarta). &#x5B; ** &#x5D; Kakanta ya hau gadon sarauta a shekarar 1901 lokacin da Maryamu take da shekaru uku.

Gimbiya Mary ta sami ilimi daga gwamnatoci, amma ta raba wasu darussa da 'yan uwanta, Edward, Albert, da Henry.  Ta ƙware a Jamusanci da Faransanci, kuma ta sami sha'awar dawaki da tseren dawaki a tsawon rayuwarta. Farkon bayyanarta a jihar ita ce a lokacin nadin sarautar iyayenta a Westminster Abbey a ranar 22 ga Yuni 1911.

## Aikin sadaka

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, Gimbiya Mary ta ziyarci asibitoci da ƙungiyoyin jin daɗi tare da mahaifiyarta;  tana taimakawa da ayyukan da za su ta'azantar da ma'aikatan Birtaniya da kuma taimaka wa iyalansu. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan ayyukan shine Asusun Kyauta na Kirsimeti na Gimbiya Mary, wanda ta hanyarsa aka aika da jimillar kyaututtuka na £100,000 don yi wa sojojin Birtaniya da matuƙan jirgin ruwa hidima a lokacin Kirsimeti, 1914,   (daidai da £ 12.1 ) a 2023 lokacin da aka daidaita da hauhawar farashin kaya). [ 7 ] Ta taka rawa sosai wajen haɓaka ƙungiyar 'Yan Matan Jagora, VADs, da 'Yan Matan Ƙasa . A watan Yunin 1918, bayan sanarwar da aka fitar a cikin littafin *The Gentlewoman*, ta fara karatun aikin jinya a Asibitin Great Ormond Street, tana aiki kwana biyu a mako a Alexandra Ward.    

A shekarar 1918, an naɗa ta kanar-kanar na Royal Scots, wannan girmamawar da mahaifinta, Sarki, ya ba ta ita ce.   A ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1918, Gimbiya Mary ta zama memba na farko a gidan sarauta da ta ziyarci Faransa bayan yaƙin basasar . Ta ziyarci cibiyoyin da ke da alaƙa da Sashen Kula da Ma'aikatan Jinya na Soja na Sarauniya Alexandra ko Sashen Taimakon Sa-kai, da asibitoci tare da sojoji da suka ji rauni.  Yayin da take ziyartar Ypres, ta hango sojoji biyu daga Royal Scots. Ya faru cewa dukkan rundunan suna nan, kuma an shirya yin tattaki da faretin rundunar ta 17.  A lokacin ziyararta zuwa Le Tréport, ta hau jirgin ruwa mai harba roka, wanda jaridar *Yorkshire Evening Post* ta bayyana a matsayin "babban gogewa". 

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