Everything about Duke Alexander Of W Rttemberg totally explained
Duke Alexander of Württemberg (
9 September 1804 –
4 July 1885) was the father of
His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck and the grandfather of
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge and
Queen Mary of Great Britain, wife of
King George V.
His father was
Duke Louis of Württemberg, brother of
King Frederick I of Württemberg and
Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia. His mother was
Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, a great-granddaughter of
King George II of Great Britain through his eldest daughter
Anne, Princess Royal.
In 1835, he married
morganatically a Hungarian countess,
Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812-1841), by whom he fathered three children: Claudine,
Francis and Amalie. His wife was created Countess of Hohenstein and, following the rules of morganatic marriages, the children followed their mother's title as count/ess of Hohenstein from birth, and had no rights through their father to any royal status or inheritance.
In 1841, his wife was tragically killed—run over by horses—and he became mentally unstable, a condition which remained for the rest of his life.
In 1863, his three children were elevated to the rank of Prince/cess of Teck by
King William I of Württemberg.
In 1871, his son Francis was created
Duke of Teck by
King Charles I of Württemberg five years after his marriage with Alexander's third cousin (in descent from
King George II of Great Britain)
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Alexander's daughters were not given any new status, and remained Princesses of Teck. The Duchy of Teck was a peerage title in the former
Kingdom of Württemberg.
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