Meiningen
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Meiningen is a town in the southern part of the German state of Thuringia. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 26,000. Meiningen is the capital and the largest town
Stadtkirche (town church)
Meiningen in 1676
Meiningen Bernhardstreet in 1835
Market square
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
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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.
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…for the entrained Prussian Army as headquarters. In 1782, Friedrich Schiller had been a guest at the inn. One of the princesses of Saxe-Meiningen, Adelheid Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia von Sachsen-Meiningen, became the wife of the future King William IV of Great Britain in 1818. The Australian city of Adelaide is named for her. Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen…
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, c. 1831
Elisabethenburg Palace, the residence of the reigning Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
Bushy House in Teddington, west London
Portrait of Queen Adelaide painted by John Simpson in 1832