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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

1792 - 1849

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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen is the 283rd most popular companion (up from 319th in 2019), the 1,057th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,149th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Companion.

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen is most famous for being the mother of Queen Victoria.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 283 out of 784. Before her are Dorothea of Brandenburg, Constance of Castile, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Catherine Opalińska, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, and Empress Kōjun. After her are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Domitia Longina, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Hümaşah Sultan, Maria Barbara Bach, and Princess Zorka of Montenegro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 13. Before her are William II of the Netherlands, Karl Ernst von Baer, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Johann Peter Eckermann. After her are Gulab Singh, Johan August Arfwedson, William, Duke of Nassau, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Victor Cousin, and Joseph Mohr. Among people deceased in 1849, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 20. Before her are Şehzade Abdullah, Heonjong of Joseon, Anita Garibaldi, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Otto Nicolai, and Juliette Récamier. After her are William Miller, Juliusz Słowacki, Lajos Batthyány, Stephan Endlicher, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, and Dionisio Aguado y García.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 1,057 out of 7,253. Before her are Joseph Berchtold (1897), August von Kotzebue (1761), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Charles De Coster (1827), Bert Trautmann (1923), and Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618). After her are John McEnroe (1959), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Max Schreck (1879), Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), and Stefan Lochner (1410).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 51. Before her are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715), Christina of Saxony (1461), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754). After her are Maria Barbara Bach (1684), Hannah Pick-Goslar (1928), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), and Prince George William of Hanover (1915).

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