caption father house death_date mother birth_place death_place religion title image_size birth_date spouse issue image article_title name
duke of teck by alexander bassano . duke alexander of württemberg württemberg 21 january 1900 countess claudine rhédey von kis-rhéde esseg , slavonia white lodge , richmond park lutheran duke of teck 200 28 august 1837 princess mary adelaide of cambridge -lrb- m. 1866 -rrb- mary , 1st marquess of cambridge prince francis of teck alexander , cambridge , 1st earl of athlone queen of the united kingdom adolphus cambridge francis , duke of teck.jpg francis , duke of teck
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francis , duke of teck

francis , duke of teck -lrb- francis paul charles louis alexander ; 28 august 1837 -- 21 january 1900 -rrb- , until 1863 known as count francis von hohenstein , was a member of the german nobility , and later of the british royal family .
he was the father of queen mary , the wife of king george v , and therefore the present queen 's paternal great-grandfather .
francis held the titles of count of hohenstein -lrb- `` graf von hohenstein '' -rrb- and later duke of teck -lrb- `` herzog von teck '' -rrb- and was granted the style `` his serene highness '' in 1863 .
he was granted the british style of `` highness '' in 1887 .
