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Queen Adelaide

1792–1849

wife of William IV, Victoria's aunt

Victoria's aunt by marriage

Facts

Born:
13 August 1792
Died:
2 December 1849 (aged 57)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 26
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 44
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 47

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Family

Husband

Children

Life in the Almanack

  1. 13 August 1792 Birth of Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, future wife of William IV
  2. 11 July 1818 William, Duke of Clarence (the future William IV), marries Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen at Kew aged 25
  3. 27 March 1819 Princess Charlotte of Clarence, first child of Adelaide and William, is born and dies within hours aged 26
  4. 8 September 1831 Coronation of William IV and Queen Adelaide aged 39
  5. 2 December 1849 Death of Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV aged 57
  6. 11 October 1905 Wedding of Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

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