Category:Coats of arms of Mary of Teck

Arms of Queen Mary (Mary of Teck), wife of King George V. She was the daughter of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck (a German nobleman), by his wife Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a daughter (and heraldic co-heiress) of Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), the youngest surviving son of King George III. Princess Mary Adelaide's only brother Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) left no legitimate issue, having married in contravention of the 1772 Royal Marriages Act. Princess Mary Adelaide was thus an heraldic co-heiress of her father and therefore her issue were permitted to quarter her arms. Arms: Royal arms of King George V impaling quarterly of 4:

• 1&4: Royal arms of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), being arms of his father King George III differenced by a label argent the first and third points charged with two hearts gules the second point charged with a cross gules (Cross of St George); thus Mary of Teck's royal maternal arms take the places of greatest honour in the 1st and 4th quarters, usually reserved for paternal arms;
• 2&3: Arms of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck: Duchy of Württemberg impaling Duchy of Swabia overall an inescutcheon of Teck