Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 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.
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c. 1831
Elisabethenburg Palace, the residence of the dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
Bushy House
Portrait of Queen Adelaide painted by John Simpson in 1832
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of GeorgeĀ III, William succeeded his elder brother GeorgeĀ IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.
Portrait by Martin Archer Shee, 1833
William (left), aged thirteen, and his younger brother Edward, painted by Benjamin West, 1778
Prince William at the age of 17, by Thomas Gainsborough, c. September 1782
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1790-95