TECK

anc. duchy, Wiirttemberg, Germany (48° 36’ N., 9° 28’ E.); ducal title first a umed by Adalbert of Zahringen, 1152; lapsed in 15th cent., but was revived, 1495, and granted to dukes of Wirtemberg; was renounced in 1806 on the reigning duke’s elevation to rank of king; was revived, 1863, and conferred on children of Duke Alexander of Wiirtemberg. His grand-daughter, Prince Victoria Mary, was married, 1893, to the Duke of York, now George V. Her Majesty’s brother succeeded to the title on the death of his father, 1900, but renounced it during the World War, 1917, being created Marque of Cambridge. town, on Berlad, capital, department Tecuciu, Rumania. Pop. 14,500; (department) 130,000.