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Claudine Rhedey
Claudine Rhedey is Queen Elizabeth II's great-great-grandmother on her
father's side. A Hungarian of common origins, Claudine caught the eye of Alexander of Wurttemberg
and upon their marriage she was given the courtesy title of Countess von Hohenstein. Shortly
after the birth of a son, Francis, Claudine was trampled to
death by a bolting horse. The poor girl was only
twenty-three years old. Because of his mother's common
status, Francis was denied succession to the Wurttemberg titles. Given the courtesy title of Duke of Teck,
he gained the prestige he yearned for by marrying Queen Victoria's first cousin, the unfortunate "Fat Mary".
See Royal Tree to see how this family fits in with the European royals.
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Claudine Rhedey |
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Francis Duke of Teck |
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Alexander Earl of Athlone |
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Alice of Albany |
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Anne Abel-Smith |
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1883-1981 |
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Claudine was Hungarian |
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His father's marriage |
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Beatrice 1988 |
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Countess von Hohenstein. |
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Francis of Teck |
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A few years after the |
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was trampled to death |
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gave him the royal |
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Eugenie 1990 |
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prestige he desired. |
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Anne |
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Peter 1977 |
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Adolphus of Teck |
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Mary of Teck |
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Elizabeth II |
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George V |
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon |
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Edward VIII |
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(abdicated in 1936 to marry Mrs Simpson & was involved in Hitler plot to
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Mrs Wallis Simpson |
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Palma |
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Katherine Worsley |
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Nicholas |
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1970 |
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George Duke of Kent |
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1902-1942 |
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Marina |
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Marina |
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James 1964 |
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Marie Christine von Reibnitz |
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Gloucester |
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Birgitte van Deurs |
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Alice |
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1901-2005 |
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George Lascelles |
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Jeremy |
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