Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

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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. Born in Meiningen, she was the daughter of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She married William in 1818 after the death of his niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales, left the British succession without a legitimate heir. She experienced several pregnancies, but all of their children died in infancy or were stillborn, and the couple had no surviving children. Adelaide became queen consort when William succeeded his brother George IV in 1830, and they were crowned together at Westminster Abbey in 1831. She was widely regarded for her piety, modesty, charity, and dignified conduct, and gave a substantial portion of her household income to charitable causes. Although she generally avoided discussing politics...

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