Dowager Queen Adelaide
| Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
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Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c.1831
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Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover |
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| Tenure | 26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837 | ||||
| Coronation | 8 September 1831 | ||||
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13 August 1792 Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany |
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| Died | 2 December 1849 (aged 57) Bentley Priory, Middlesex |
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| Burial | 13 December 1849 St George's Chapel, Windsor |
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| Spouse | William IV of the United Kingdom | ||||
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Princess Charlotte of Clarence Princess Elizabeth of Clarence |
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| House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
| Father | George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
| Mother | Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
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| Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline German: Adelheid Amalie Luise Therese Caroline |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia; German: Adelheid; 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide was the daughter of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.
Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany, the eldest child of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen; her mother was Luise Eleonore, daughter of Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She was titled Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess in Saxony with the style Serene Highness from her birth until the Congress of Vienna (1814–15), when the entire House of Wettin was raised to the style of Highness. She was baptised at the castle chapel on 19 August. Her godparents numbered twenty-one, including her mother, the Holy Roman Empress, the Queen of Naples and Sicily, the Crown Princess of Saxony, the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.
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