Descendants of George V

George V, the British monarch from 1910 to 1936, Mary of Teck (his wife from 1893, until his death in 1936) had 6 children, 9 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

### George, Mary and their children

George and Mary were second cousin once removed due to her parents were Francis, Duke of Teck (a member of a morganatic, cadet branch of the House of Württemberg), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a male-line granddaughter of George III and a first cousin of Queen Victoria

George III → Prince Edward, Duke of Kent → Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld → Queen Victoria → Edward VII

George III → Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge → Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

### Marriage of George V and Mary of Teck

In November 1891, George's elder brother, Albert Victor, became engaged to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. On 14 January 1892, six weeks after the formal engagement, Albert Victor died of pneumonia during an influenza pandemic, leaving George second in line to the throne, and likely to succeed after his father.

A year after Albert Victor's death, George proposed to May and was accepted. They married on 6 July 1893 at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London. Throughout their lives, they remained devoted to each other. George was, on his own admission, unable to express his feelings easily in speech, but they often exchanged loving letters and notes of endearment.

* British Edward VIII,later Duke of Windsor
* British George VI

6 grandsons and 3 granddaughters

## Children and grandchildren of George and Mary

### Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor

**Prince Edward** (1894-1972), then the Prince of Wales, married Wallis Simpson (1896-1986), later Duchess of Windsor on June 3 1937. The Prince of Wales became King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India. He was the one of George's six children who was childless.

He later abdicated to marrying the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, a union rejected by the political and royal Establishment. George VI announced his intention to make his brother the "Duke of Windsor" with the style of *Royal Highness*

¶ Edward acceded to the throne when his father King George V died on January 1936.
Duchess of Windsor

### George VI

**Prince Albert** (1895-1952), then the Duke of York, married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York on April 26, 1923. They had 2 daughters, 4 grandsons and 2 granddaughters.

The Duke of York became King George VI and Dominions of the British Commonwealth at the abdication of his older brother King Edward VIII on December 11, 1936.

George and Elizabeth's daughter, Queen Elizabeth II (reigned 1952-2022) was the mother of King Charles III (reigned 2022-present) hereby the grandmother of William, Prince of Wales (b.1982). William is therefore great-grandson of King George V and great-great-grandson of King Edward VII.

King George V → King George VI → Queen Elizabeth II → King Charles III →William, Prince of Wales

¶ Albert acceded to the throne when his older brother abdicated on 11, 1936

#### Children of George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

* Charles III
* Anne, Princess Royal
* Prince Andrew, Duke of York
* George, 7th Earl of Harewood
* The Honourable Gerald Lascelles