Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
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Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover | |||||
Tenure | 26 June 1830 – 20 June 1837 | ||||
Coronation | 8 September 1831 | ||||
Born | Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire | 13 August 1792||||
Died | 2 December 1849 Bentley Priory, Middlesex, England | (aged 57)||||
Burial | 13 December 1849 Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | ||||
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House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Father | Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Mother | Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
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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]