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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 26 June 1830 to 20 June 1837 as the wife of King William IV. 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.

Infobox

Tenure
26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837
Coronation
8 September 1831
Born
(1792-08-13)13 August 1792Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire
Died
2 December 1849(1849-12-02) (aged 57)Bentley Priory, Middlesex, England
Burial
13 December 1849Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Spouse
mw- William IV (m. 1818; died 1837)
IssueDetails
mw- Princess Charlotte of Clarence Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
Names
NamesAdelaide Amelia Louise Theresa CarolineGerman: Adelheid Amalie Luise Therese Caroline
House
Saxe-Meiningen
Father
Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother
Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Tables

· Issue
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
Name
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
Birth
27 March 1819
Death
Died a few hours after being baptised, in Hanover.
Stillborn child
Stillborn child
Name
Stillborn child
Birth
5 September 1819
Death
Born dead at Calais or Dunkirk.
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
Name
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
Birth
10 December 1820
Death
4 March 1821
Notes
Born and died at St James's Palace.
Stillborn twin boys
Stillborn twin boys
Name
Stillborn twin boys
Birth
8 April 1822
Death
Born dead at Bushy Park.
Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
27 March 1819
Died a few hours after being baptised, in Hanover.
Stillborn child
5 September 1819
Born dead at Calais or Dunkirk.
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence
10 December 1820
4 March 1821
Born and died at St James's Palace.
Stillborn twin boys
8 April 1822
Born dead at Bushy Park.
· External links
British royalty
British royalty
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
British royalty
VacantTitle last held byCaroline of Brunswick
VacantTitle last held byCaroline of Brunswick
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
VacantTitle last held byCaroline of Brunswick
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1830–1837
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
VacantTitle next held byAlbert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as Prince consort
Queen consort of Hanover 1830–1837
Queen consort of Hanover 1830–1837
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
Queen consort of Hanover 1830–1837
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
Succeeded byFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
British royalty
VacantTitle last held byCaroline of Brunswick
Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1830–1837
VacantTitle next held byAlbert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as Prince consort
Queen consort of Hanover 1830–1837
Succeeded byFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

References

  1. [Adelaide's] dowry was to consist of 20,000 florins, from which, as long as she was childless, she was to receive intere
  2. Rodney Cockburn, South Australia What's in a Name? Adelaide: Axiom Publishing. 3rd ed., Reprinted 2002 p. 3.
  3. "The London Gazette, Issue 17378, p. 1261"
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17378/page/1261
  4. Sandars 1915, p. 17.
  5. Allen 1960, pp. 64–65.
  6. Sandars 1915, p. 15.
  7. Ziegler 1971, pp. 118–121.
  8. William writing to George FitzClarence, 21 March 1818, quoted in Ziegler 1971, p. 122
  9. Ziegler 1971, p. 129.
  10. Sandars 1915, p. 44.
  11. Ziegler 1971, p. 124.
  12. Allen 1960, p. 59.
  13. Ziegler 1971, pp. 123, 129.
  14. William Beattie, quoted in Ziegler 1971, p. 130, and Princess Lieven and Lord Camden, quoted in Ziegler 1971, pp. 156–15
  15. Weir 1996, pp. 303–304.
  16. Ziegler 1971, p. 126.
  17. Weir 1996, p. 304.
  18. Ziegler 1971, p. 127.
  19. Ziegler 1971, pp. 126–127.
  20. Allen 1960, p. 131.
  21. Baroness von Bülow quoted in Allen 1960, pp. 131–132
  22. Greville 2005, p. 52.
  23. The Freeman's Journal, 'The Queen Dowager's Dower', Saturday 24 June 1837, p. 4.
  24. Greville 2005, p. 67.
  25. Ziegler 1971, p. 268.
  26. Allen 1960, pp. 223–224.
  27. Allen 1960, p. 225.
  28. Ziegler 1971, p. 175.
  29. Allen 1960, pp. 114, 126.
  30. Ziegler 1971, pp. 83, 199.
  31. Ziegler 1971, pp. 187, 210–211.
  32. Ziegler 1971, pp. 216–221.
  33. Ziegler 1971, pp. 198, 238.
  34. Ziegler 1971, pp. 237–238.
  35. Ziegler 1971, p. 250.
  36. Ziegler 1971, pp. 256–257.
  37. The Duke of Wellington, quoted in Allen 1960, p. 179
  38. Sir Herbert Taylor, the King's secretary, writing to Sir Robert Peel, 15 July 1835, quoted in Ziegler 1971, p. 276
  39. Ziegler 1971, pp. 286–289.
  40. The London Gazette
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19509/page/1581
  41. Sandars 1915, pp. 274–280.
  42. Survey of London: volumes 29 and 30: St James Westminster, Part 1
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40605
  43. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2: General; Ashford, East Bedfont with Hatton, Feltham, Hampton with Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22210
  44. Wardle, Terry Heroes & Villains of Worcestershire (2010), The History Press, p. 9
  45. Wardle, Terry Heroes & Villains of Worcestershire (2010), The History Press, p. 108
  46. Wardle, Terry Heroes & Villains of Worcestershire (2010), The History Press, p. 10
  47. Sandars 1915, p. 280.
  48. The queens of England and their times
    https://archive.org/details/queensenglandan00lancgoog
  49. Sandars 1915, pp. 281–282.
  50. A History of the County of Middlesex
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26912
  51. College of St George – Windsor Castle
    https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/royal-connection/royal-burials/royal-burials-chapel-since-1805/
  52. The National Trust (1982; repr. 1994) Sudbury Hall pp. 29–30
  53. "The Queen Adelaide Society Inc"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180828031420/https://queenadelaidesociety.com/
  54. "Queen Adelaide Village Hall"
    http://www.hallsforhire.org.uk/halls/queen-adelaide-village-hall/
  55. "History of Adelaide (Station T)"
    https://www.bas.ac.uk/about/about-bas/our-history/british-research-stations-and-refuges/adelaide-island-t/
  56. https://www.britainsfinest.co.uk/hotels/royal-adelaide-hotel#VendorExtraDetails
    https://www.britainsfinest.co.uk/hotels/royal-adelaide-hotel#VendorExtraDetails
  57. "Queen Adelaide's Oak – Bradgate Park, Leicestershire"
    http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMY1GZ_Queen_Adelaides_Oak_Bradgate_Park_Leicestershire
  58. Rock Legends: The Asteroids and Their Discoverers
    https://books.google.com/books?id=QDusDAAAQBAJ&q=Asteroid+525+Adelaide+queen&pg=PA80
  59. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green
    http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22760
  60. "Queen Adelaide's Charity"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090119190616/http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=232981&SubsidiaryNumber=0
  61. "Victoria, Princess Royal"
    http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxe_coburg_gotha_11.html
  62. "The Young Victoria – A summary of the plot"
    http://www.victorianweb.org/history/victoria/youngvictoria/yv2.html
  63. Pro Phalaris
    https://www.academia.edu/10576008
  64. Letters of Dorothea, princess Lieven, during her residence in London, 1812–1834;
    http://archive.org/details/cu31924027898497
  65. The Royal Heraldry of England
  66. Line of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe
  67. Queen Adelaide (1830–1837) Archived 4 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine FOTW Flags of the World website: British Royal S
    https://www.fotw.info/flags/gb_rohan.html#williamiv
  68. Ziegler 1971, p. 136.
  69. Ziegler 1971, pp. 136–137.
  70. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans
    https://books.google.com/books?id=AINPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA104
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