Burg Teck 1999 the surroundings of the Teck became protected area (Naturschutzgebiet). The most famous of the Teck family is considered to be Duke Francis's daughter, Mary of Teck, who was queen consort to King George V of the United Kingdom and Empress of India. Burg Teck Teck was a ducal castle in the kingdom of Württemberg, immediately to the north of the Swabian Jura and south of the town of Kirchheim unter Teck (now in the district of Esslingen). "Burg Teck" takes its name from the ridge, the Teckberg, 2,544 feet high, which it crowned. It was destroyed in the German
Wedding of Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck Wedding of Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck The wedding of Prince George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck took place on 6 July 1893 at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in London. Mary of Teck's engagement to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, ended after the duke's death on 14 January 1892. Even before the duke's death, his grandmother Queen Victoria had wanted to ensure the succession, and consequently desired that his younger brother and (now second-in-line to the throne) Prince George marry