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Royal consorts and heirs from the House of Windsor who were born or died in London Normandy Plantagenet Lancaster York Tudor Stuart Hanover Saxe- Coburg- Gotha Windsor House of Windsor Mary of Teck was born in 1867 at Kensington Palace. She married the future George V in 1893 after being engaged to his elder brother who had died. She gave birth to the future Edward VIII in 1894 and George VI in 1895 and in 1910 her husband acceded to the throne and ruled until his death in 1936. She died in 1953 at Marlborough House the year following the accession to the throne of her granddaughter, the present Queen Elizabeth II. She is buried with her husband in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Mary of Teck Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born in London in 1900. In 1923 she married the future George VI who acceded to the throne after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936. Her husband died in 1952 when her daughter became Elizabeth II. She died in London in 2002 and is buried with her husband in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Royal consorts buried at Windsor London Genealogy in England