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Francis, Duke of Teck

1837 - 1900

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Francis, Duke of Teck (Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander; 28 August 1837 – 21 January 1900), known as Count Francis von Hohenstein until 1863, was an Austrian-born nobleman who married into the British royal family. His wife, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, was a first cousin of Queen Victoria. He was the father of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V, and thus maternal grandfather of both Edward VIII and George VI. Francis held the Austrian title of Count of Hohenstein (Graf von Hohenstein), and the German titles of Prince (Fürst) and later Duke of Teck (Herzog von Teck), and was given the style of Serene Highness in 1863. He was granted the British style of Highness in 1887. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis, Duke of Teck is the 4,968th most popular politician (down from 4,351st in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Croatian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis, Duke of Teck ranks 4,968 out of 19,576. Before him are Karim Khan Zand, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, John IV, Duke of Brittany, August Landmesser, Louis I, Count of Flanders, and Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild. After him are William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Alben W. Barkley, Maria of Montferrat, Niklot, Janez Janša, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Francis, Duke of Teck ranks 30. Before him are Georges Ernest Boulanger, Ilia Chavchavadze, Queen Cheorin, Rosalía de Castro, Empress Dowager Ci'an, and Émile Waldteufel. After him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Arnold Janssen, Vasily Radlov, Abraham Kuyper, Joseph Bell, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello. Among people deceased in 1900, Francis, Duke of Teck ranks 22. Before him are Nicolas Chauvin, Robert Luther, Osman Nuri Pasha, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Armand David, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville. After him are Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, Naim Frashëri, Zdeněk Fibich, Princess Josephine of Baden, and José Maria de Eça de Queirós.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Francis, Duke of Teck ranks 52 out of 700. Before him are Ivan Meštrović (1883), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Josip Skoblar (1941), Matthias Flacius (1520), Siniša Mihajlović (1969), and Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815). After him are Ivo Josipović (1957), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Ante Gotovina (1955), and Zlatko Čajkovski (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Francis, Duke of Teck ranks 16. Before him are Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), Ivan Ribar (1881), Veljko Kadijević (1925), Tomislav of Croatia (null), and Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815). After him are Ivo Josipović (1957), Milka Planinc (1924), Milan Babić (1956), Slavko Kvaternik (1878), Vladko Maček (1879), and Ivo Sanader (1953).

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