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On 13th August 1792 Queen Adelaide of England was born to Georg I Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 31).
On 24th December 1803 [her father] Georg I Duke of Saxe Meiningen (age 42) died. His son [her brother] Bernhard (age 3) succeeded II Duke Saxe Meiningen.
On 11th July 1818 King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 52) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 25) were married at Kew, Surrey. She by marriage Duchess Clarence and St Andrews. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 80).
On 27th March 1819 [her daughter] Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hanover died.
On 27th March 1819 [her daughter] Charlotte Augusta Louisa Hanover was born to [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 53) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 26).
On 5th September 1819 [her daughter] Stillborn Hanover was born to [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 54) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 27) at Calais [Map].
On 18th October 1819 [her illegitimate step-son] George Fitzclarence 1st Earl Munster (age 25) and Mary Wyndham Countess Munster (age 27) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont (age 67) and Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont (age 50). He the illegitmate son of [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 54) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 23rd January 1820 [her brother-in-law] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 52) died at Woolbrook Cottage Sidmouth, Devon.
On 29th January 1820 [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 81) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His reign the third longest after Victoria and Elizabeth II. His son [her brother-in-law] George (age 57) succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 51) by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 10th December 1820 [her daughter] Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide Hanover was born to [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 55) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 28).
On 4th March 1821 [her daughter] Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide Hanover died.
On 19th May 1821 [her illegitimate step-son] Frederick Fitzclarence (age 21) and Augusta Boyle (age 19) were married. He the illegitmate son of [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 55) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 19th July 1821 [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 58) was crowned IV King Great Britain and Ireland.
King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland barred Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England (age 53) from attending the Coronation. She attempted to attend but was turned away at the doors of Westminster Abbey. Refused entry at both the doors to the East Cloister and the doors to the West Cloister, Caroline attempted to enter via Westminster Hall, where many guests were gathered before the service began. A witness described how the Queen stood at the door fuming as bayonets were held under her chin until the deputy lord chamberlain had the doors slammed in her face. Henry Brougham recorded his distaste.1. She died three weeks later.
William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire (age 31) carried the Orb at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 53) attended as Deputy Earl Marshal as a result of Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (age 54).
See Creevy Papers.
Before 18th October 1821 William Hay 18th Earl Erroll (age 20) and [her illegitimate step-daughter] Elizabeth Fitzclarence Countess Erroll (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Erroll. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 56) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan". He the son of William Hay 17th Earl Erroll and Alicia Eliot Countess Erroll.
On 8th April 1822 [her son] Stillborn twins Fitzclarence was born to [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 56) and Queen Adelaide of England (age 29) at Bushy Park Richmond, Surrey.
On 13th August 1825 Philip Sidney 1st Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 25) and [her illegitimate step-daughter] Sophia Fitzclarence Baroness De Lisle and Dudley (age 29) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 59) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
In 1827 John Kennedy-Erskine and [her illegitimate step-daughter] Augusta Fitzclarence (age 23) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 61) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 5th July 1827 John Kennedy Erskine (age 25) and [her illegitimate step-daughter] Augusta Fitzclarence (age 23) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 61) and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan". He the son of Archibald Kennedy 1st Marquess of Ailsa (age 57) and Margaret Erskine Marchioness Ailsa (age 55).
Kingston Bridge [Map] is a bridge over the River Thames opened on 17th July 1828 by the future Queen (age 35) then Duchess of Clarence.
In 1830 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh (age 33) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67).
In 1830 [her brother-in-law] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 56) was elected President of the Royal Society.
On 26th June 1830 [her brother-in-law] King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67) died. His brother [her husband] William (age 64) succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Queen Adelaide of England (age 37) by marriage Queen Consort England. Duke Clarence and St Andrews merged with the Crown.
He was attended by Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 60).
On 27th December 1830 Lucius Cary 10th Viscount Falkland (age 27) and [her illegitimate step-daughter] Amelia Fitzclarence Viscountess Falkland (age 23) were married at the Brighton Royal Pavilion. [her husband] King William IV (age 65) gave away his daughter. The service was conducted by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner. She the illegitmate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan".
On 2nd May 1831 [her brother-in-law] Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 58) and Cecilia Gore aka Underwood Duchess of Inverness (age 46) were married contrary to the Royal Marriages Act. On the same day she assumed the surname Underwood by Royal Licence. She did not assume the title Duchess of Sussex. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran and Elizabeth Underwood Countess of Arran. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England.
On 13th January 1835 Philip Sidney 1st Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 34) was created 1st Baron De Lisle and Dudley. [her illegitimate step-daughter] Sophia Fitzclarence Baroness De Lisle and Dudley (age 38) by marriage Baroness De Lisle and Dudley.
On 10th April 1837 [her illegitimate step-daughter] Sophia Fitzclarence Baroness De Lisle and Dudley (age 40) died.
On 20th June 1837 [her husband] King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 71) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His niece Victoria (age 18) succeeded I Queen Great Britain and Ireland. His brother [her brother-in-law] Ernest (age 66) succeeded King Hanover. Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover (age 59) by marriage Queen Consort Hanover.
At 5am Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham (age 40) and Archbishop William Howley (age 71) went to Kensington Palace to inform the Princess she was now Queen. Francis Nathaniel Conyngham 2nd Marquess Conyngham was the first to address her as 'Your Majesty'.
10th February 1840. George Hayter (age 47). Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Hayter included portraits of fifty-six of those present at the occasion and sittings took place over the next year. The Queen (age 20) sat for him in March in her 'Bridal dress, veil, wreath & all', and Prince Albert (age 20) also posed for his portrait several times during the following months. Hayter's family too helped out with his son, Henry, modelling the Prince's costume, while his daughter Mary posed for the Queen's arm and wearing the veil. Victoria's aunt Queen Adelaide (age 47), however, was unwilling to co-operate and the artist had to refer to a miniature for her likeness. Hayter included himself in the painting, on the lower right, with his sketchbook and pencil.
In 1841 Queen Adelaide of England (age 48) visited Belton House [Map]. She stayed in the Queen's Room in which the great canopied Rococo-style bed in which the Queen slept has a royal monogram "AR" for Adelaide Regina embroidered on the bedhead.
From 1843 to 1846 Queen Adelaide of England (age 50) lived at Witley Court, Worcestershire.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. When we left Bretby, we posted to Lord Howe's at Gopsall, twenty miles away, where we found another large party. Lord Howe (age 47) had married Lord Cardigan's (age 46) sister, and his three daughters were named, not after his or her relatives, but after three of his former loves; Lady Georgina Fane (age 42), Queen Adelaide (age 51), and Emily Bagot. A propos of Lord Howe's affection for the Queen Dowager, the story goes that when some malicious scandal-mongers circulated a rumour that she had had a child by him, everybody exclaimed, "Lord! How(e) can it be? ".
On 2nd December 1849 Queen Adelaide of England (age 57) died.
25th January 1918. All Saints Church, Sudbury [Map]. Grave of William Tildsley Groom in the Service of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager who was accidentally killed in the incautious use of a gun aged twenty-one.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bernhard I Duke of Saxe Meiningen
GrandFather: Anton Ulrich Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Father: Georg I Duke of Saxe Meiningen