Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia) ( 13 August 1792 - 2 December 1849 ) as Queen Adelaide was the Queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Marriage

Adelaide married HRH Prince William, Duke of Clarence, a son of King George III, on 13 July, 1818, at Kew Palace in Surrey, England. Her husband, who was more than twenty years her senior, already had illegitimate children by the popular actress Dorothy Jordan, but had never been married before. It was largely the death in childbirth of the heir to the throne, Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, wife of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield (Léopold I of the Belgians) that had prompted the duke and his profligate bachelor brothers to marry so late in life, and so quickly, all of them anxious to provide a new heir.

Related Topics:
Prince William, Duke of Clarence - King George III - 13 July - 1818 - Kew Palace - Surrey - England - Dorothy Jordan - Charlotte Augusta - Léopold I of the Belgians

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In the course of their marriage, Adelaide had five pregnancies, including twin sons, but only two of her children survived birth:

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• Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Clarence
• Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of Clarence

Both daughters died in infancy, leaving the couple with no surviving children.

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