List of Hanoverian royal consorts

From The Right Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search

Because of the Salic law of succession, all monarchs of Hanover were male, electors from 1692 until 1814 and kings from 1814 until 1866. Their wives were thus electresses and then queens.

Electresses

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became electress Ceased to be electress Death Spouse
File:Electress Sophia, Princess Palatine.jpg Sophia of the Palatinate
[1] 		Frederick V, Elector Palatine
(Palatinate-Simmern) 		14 October 1630 30 September 1658 1692
husband became designated elector 		23 January 1698
husband's death 		8 June 1714 Ernest Augustus
File:Seeman Caroline von Ansbach.jpg Caroline of Ansbach
[1][2][3][4][5] 		Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
(Hohenzollern) 		1 March 1683 22 August 1705 11 June 1727
husband's accession 		20 Nov 1737 George II
File:Dance - Queen Charlotte, bust.jpg Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] 		Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg) 		19 May 1744 8 September 1761 12 October 1814
became queen consort 		17 November 1818 George III

Queens

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Ceased to be queen Death Spouse
File:Charlotte gainsborough.jpg Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
[6][7] 		Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg) 		19 May 1744 8 September 1761 12 October 1814
Hanover raised to kingdom status 		17 November 1818 George III
File:Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.jpg Caroline of Brunswick
[6][7] 		Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Welf) 		17 May 1768 8 April 1795 29 January 1820
husband's accession 		7 August 1821 George IV
File:Beechey, William - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - NPG 1533.jpg Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
[6][7] 		George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(Saxe-Meiningen) 		13 August 1792 13 July 1818 26 June 1830
husband's accession 		20 June 1837
husband's death 		2 December 1849 William
File:Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.jpg Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
[8] 		Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg) 		3 March 1778 29 May 1815 20 June 1837
husband's accession 		29 June 1841 Ernest Augustus
File:Marie Hannover queen.jpg Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
[8] 		Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
(Saxe-Altenburg) 		14 April 1818 18 February 1843 18 November 1851
husband's accession 		20 September 1866
monarchy abolished 		9 January 1907 George V

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Also Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Calenberg and Göttingen.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Also Queen consort of Ireland.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Also Queen consort of Great Britain.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Also Duchess and Princess consort of Bremen-Verden.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Also Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Also Consorts of the Isle of Man.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Also Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale; Countess of Armagh.
Retrieved from "https://rightwiki.org/index.php?title=List_of_Hanoverian_royal_consorts&oldid=5882664"