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Full name
	Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; German: Adelheid Amalie Luise Therese Caroline

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
	Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c.1831
Queen consort of the United Kingdom ; and Hanover
Tenure	26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837
Coronation	8 September 1831
Born	13 August 1792; Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Died	2 December 1849 (aged 57); Bentley Priory, Middlesex, England
Burial	13 December 1849; St George's Chapel, Windsor
Spouse	William IV of the United Kingdom (m. 1818; died 1837)
Issue	Princess Charlotte of Clarence; Princess Elizabeth of Clarence;
Full name
Full name
	Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; German: Adelheid Amalie Luise Therese Caroline
House	Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was the wife of King William IV of the United Kingdom. She was the daughter of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Life

Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. She was the first child of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Luise Eleonore. At her baptism, she had twenty-one godparents, including:

On 11 July 1818, Adelaide married Prince William, Duke of Clarence. It was a double wedding with William's younger brother, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. When they married, William was second in line to become king. He became first in line when his brother, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, died in 1827. William and Adelaide became King and Queen of the United Kingdom when William's older brother, king George IV died in 1830.

William and Adelaide were King and Queen until William died in 1837. Adelaide died on 2 December 1849, aged 57.

The following are some of the things named after Adelaide:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Princess Charlotte of Clarence	27 March 1819		Died a few hours after being baptised, in Hanover.^[3]
Stillborn child	5 September 1819		Born dead at Calais^[4] or Dunkirk.^[3]
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence	10 December 1820	4 March 1821	Born and died at St James's Palace.^[3]
Stillborn twin boys	8 April 1822		Born dead at Bushy Park.^[5]

Ancestors of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

11. Princess Caroline Christine of Saxe-Eisenach^[6]

1. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

13. Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken

15. Countess Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken

↑ Sandars, p.17
↑ Rodney Cockburn, South Australia What's in a Name? Adelaide: Axiom Publishing. 3rd Edition. Reprinted 2002 Pg 3.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Weir, pp. 303–304.
↑ Ziegler, p. 126
↑ Ziegler, pp. 126–127.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 104.

Sandars, Mary F. (Frances): The life and times of Queen Adelaide. London, 1915. ISBN 978-1-17678-560-1.
Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised edition. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7126-7448-5.
Ziegler, Philip (1971). King William IV. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-211934-X.

British royalty
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-Meiningen Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 13 August 1792 Died: 2 December 1849
Vacant Title last held by Caroline of Brunswick	Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1830–1837	Vacant Title next held by Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as Prince consort
Vacant Title last held by Caroline of Brunswick	Queen consort of Hanover 1830–1837	Succeeded by Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz