Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Queen Adelaide in her late 30s
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c. 1831
Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover
Tenure26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837
Coronation8 September 1831
Born(1792-08-13)13 August 1792
Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire
Died2 December 1849(1849-12-02) (aged 57)
Bentley Priory, Middlesex, England
Burial13 December 1849
Spouse
(m. 1818; died 1837)
Issue
Details
Names
Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline
German: Adelheid Amalie Luise Therese Caroline
HouseSaxe-Meiningen
FatherGeorg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
MotherPrincess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
SignatureAdelaide of Saxe-Meiningen's signature

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.[1]

  1. ^ Rodney Cockburn, South Australia What's in a Name? Adelaide: Axiom Publishing. 3rd ed., Reprinted 2002 p. 3.