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TECK , a ducal See also:castle in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, immediately to the N. of the Swabian See also:Jura and S. of the See also:town of Kirchheim, crowning a See also:ridge (2544 ft.) of the same name.
It was destroyed in the Peasants' See also:War (1525).
The duchy of Teck was acquired See also:early in the 11th See also:century
by Berthold, See also:count of See also:Zahringen, whose See also:great-See also:grandson See also:Albert, or See also:Adalbert, styled himself See also:duke of Teck. In 1381 it passed both by See also:conquest and See also:purchase to Wurttemberg. The See also:title, which had lapsed with the extinction of the Zahringen See also:line in
1439, was revived in 1495 by the See also:German See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Maximilian I., who bestowed it upon the See also:dukes of Wurttemberg. The dignity
was renounced by Duke See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Charles upon his See also:elevation to the See also:rank of king in 18o6. In 1863 the title " See also:prince of Teck " was conferred by King William I. of Wurttemberg upon the See also:children of Duke See also:Alexander of Wurttemberg
(1804—1885) by his morganatic See also:marriage with Claudine, countess Rhedey, ennobled as countess of See also:Hohenstein; in 1871 Prince See also:Francis, the eldest son of Duke Alexander, was created duke of Teck. His eldest son See also:Adolphus (b. 1868) was in 1910 the holder of the title.
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