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On This Day In Royal History . 2 December 1849 . Queen Adelaide died aged 57 . ◾ She died during the reign of her niece Queen Victoria on 2 December 1849 of natural causes at Bentley Priory in Middlesex & was buried at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. . ◾ She wrote instructions for her funeral during an illness in 1841 at Sudbury Hall: “I die in all humility”, she wrote, “we are alike before the throne of God, & I request therefore that my mortal remains be conveyed to the grave without pomp or state…to have as private & quiet a funeral as possible. . ◾ I particularly desire not to be laid out in state…I die in peace & wish to be carried to the fount in peace, & free from the vanities & pomp of this world.” . . 👑 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom & of Hanover as spouse of King William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her. . ◾ Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. . ◼ Adelaide married the Duke of Clarence & St Andrews (later King William IV) in a double wedding with the Duke’s brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, & his bride Victoria, Dowager Princess of Leiningen, on 11 July 1818, at Kew Palace in Surrey, England. . ◾ They had only met for the first time about a week earlier, on 4 July at Grillon’s Hotel in Bond Street. Neither William nor Adelaide had been married before, & William was twenty-seven years her senior. . ◾ They had two daughter’s who sadly died ; Princess Charlotte of Clarence, was born on 27 March 1819 & died the same day, & Princess Elizabeth of Clarence was born on 10 December 1820 & died on 4 March 1821. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #History #TheYear1849 #QueenAdelaide #AdelaideofSaxeMeiningen #QueenConsort #Thisdayinhistory #D2Dec #RoyaltyinArt #Art #Portrait #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #HouseofHanover #HouseofSaxeMeiningen #SaxeMeiningen #Onthisday #historyinpictures #Royalhistory #Historyfacts #bentleypriory #middlesex #thequeen #thisdayinhistory #Williamiv #kingwilliamiv #Adelaide #otd #OnThisDay (at Middlesex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CISgJRQj-gT/?igshid=1xphu4ibp4frx

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On This Day In History 2 December 1849 Queen Adelaide died aged 57 ◾ She died during the reign of her niece Queen Victoria on 2 December 1849 of natural causes at Bentley Priory in Middlesex & was buried at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. ◾ She wrote instructions for her funeral during an illness in 1841 at Sudbury Hall: “I die in all humility”, she wrote, “we are alike before the throne of God, & I request therefore that my mortal remains be conveyed to the grave without pomp or state…to have as private & quiet a funeral as possible. ◾ I particularly desire not to be laid out in state…I die in peace & wish to be carried to the fount in peace, & free from the vanities & pomp of this world.” . 👑 About Adelaide; Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom & of Hanover as spouse of King William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her. ◾ Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. ◼ Adelaide married the Duke of Clarence & St Andrews (later King William IV) in a double wedding with the Duke’s brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, & his bride Victoria, Dowager Princess of Leiningen, on 11 July 1818, at Kew Palace in Surrey, England. ◾ They had only met for the first time about a week earlier, on 4 July at Grillon’s Hotel in Bond Street. Neither William nor Adelaide had been married before, & William was twenty-seven years her senior. ◾ They had two daughter’s who sadly died ; Princess Charlotte of Clarence, was born on 27 March 1819 & died the same day, & Princess Elizabeth of Clarence was born on 10 December 1820 & died on 4 March 1821. . . #OnThisDayInHistory #History #TheYear1849 #QueenAdelaide #AdelaideofSaxeMeiningen #QueenConsort #Thisdayinhistory #D2Dec #RoyaltyinArt #Art #Portrait #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #HouseofHanover #HouseofSaxeMeiningen #SaxeMeiningen #Onthisday #Instahistory #Royalhistory #Historyfacts #bentleypriory #middlesex #thequeen #Williamiv #kingwilliamiv #Adelaide (at Middlesex) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lfrPZAxUm/?igshid=5tml6ps2t8le

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On This Day In History . 2 December 1849 . Queen Adelaide died aged 57 . ◾ She died during the reign of her niece Queen Victoria on 2 December 1849 of natural causes at Bentley Priory in Middlesex & was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. . ◾ She wrote instructions for her funeral during an illness in 1841 at Sudbury Hall: "I die in all humility", she wrote, "we are alike before the throne of God, & I request therefore that my mortal remains be conveyed to the grave without pomp or state…to have as private & quiet a funeral as possible. . ◾ I particularly desire not to be laid out in state…I die in peace & wish to be carried to the fount in peace, & free from the vanities & pomp of this world." . . 👑 About Adelaide; . Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom & of Hanover as spouse of King William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her. . ◾ Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. . ◼ Adelaide married the Duke of Clarence & St Andrews (later King William IV) in a double wedding with the Duke's brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, & his bride Victoria, Dowager Princess of Leiningen, on 11 July 1818, at Kew Palace in Surrey, England. . ◾ They had only met for the first time about a week earlier, on 4 July at Grillon's Hotel in Bond Street. Neither William nor Adelaide had been married before, & William was twenty-seven years her senior. . ◾ They had two daughter's who sadly died ; Princess Charlotte of Clarence, was born on 27 March 1819 & died the same day, & Princess Elizabeth of Clarence was born on 10 December 1820 & died on 4 March 1821. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #History #TheYear1849 #QueenAdelaide #AdelaideofSaxeMeiningen #QueenConsort #Thisdayinhistory #D2Dec #RoyaltyinArt #Art #Portrait #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #HouseofHanover #HouseofSaxeMeiningen #SaxeMeiningen (at Middlesex) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5rYsClPVk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cf0zrq38k8ug