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 George III, William succeeded his elder brother G
Portrait of William IV (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 in full dress uniform by Martin Archer Shee, c. 1800
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
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