HM Queen Adelaide of Great Britain and Ireland

Queen consort of the United Kingdom
The Australian city of Adelaide is name in her honor

Date & place of birth August 13, 1792 Meiningen
Born as HSH Princess of Saxe-Meiningen
Names Adelaide Luis Theresa Caroline Amelia

Father Duke George I of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother Princess Luise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg





Royal house Saxe-Meiningen (born) Hanover (marriage)
Queen consort June 26, 1830-June 20, 1837
Crowned September 8, 1831 Westminster Abbey, London
Tenure 9 years 359 days
Predecessor Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Successor Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha





Siblings (2)
Eldest of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
Princess Ida of Saxe-Meinigen (Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen





Married July 13, 1818 Kew Palace, London
Spouse King William IV of the United Kingdom (the Prince William, Duke of Clarence)





Issue
(2 daughters)
Princess Charlotte of Clarence
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence

*Both daughters died in infancy





Died December 2, 1849 Bentley Priory, Middlesex (age 57)
Place of burial St.George's Chapel, Windsor Castle





Titles
HSH Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Luneburg, Duchess of Clarence and St. Andrews, Countess of Munster
HM Queen Adelaide of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen Adelaide of Hanover





Paternal grandparents
Anton Ultich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Philippsthal

Paternal great-grandparents
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Charles I, Langrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
Princess Katharine of Saxe-Eisenach





Maternal grandparents
Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langeburg
Princess Karoline of Stolberg-Gerdern

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Louis of Hohenlohe-Langeburg
Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbricken
Prince Friedrich of Stolberg-Gerdern
Countess Louise of Nassau=Saarbrucken