List of Hanoverian consorts
Encyclopedia
Consorts of Hanover were woman married to the Hanoverian monarchs during their reigns. Because of the salic law
of succession, all monarchs of Hanover were male with the title of King of Hanover and before that Elector of Hanover, while all Hanoverian consorts were women with the title of Queen
of Hanover and style Majesty
and before that title Electress of Hanover and style Royal Highness
. The following women spouses of the monarchs of Hanover between 1692 and 1878:
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|align="center"| Sophia of the Palatinate
|align="center"| Frederick V, Elector Palatine
(Palatinate-Simmern)
|align="center"| 14 October 1630
|align="center"| 30 September 1658
|align="center"| 1692
husband became designated elector
|align="center"| 23 January 1698
husband's death
|align="center"| 8 June 1714
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Caroline of Ansbach
|align="center"| Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
(Hohenzollern
)
|align="center"| 1 March 1683
|align="center"| 22 August 1705
|align="center"| 11 June 1727
husband's accession
|align=center colspan="2"| 20 Nov 1737
|align="center"| George II
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
|align="center"| Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
(Mecklenburg
)
|align="center"| 19 May 1744
|align=center colspan="2"| 8 September 1761
|align="center"| 12 October 1814
became queen
|align="center"| 17 November 1818
|align="center"| George III
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
|align="center"| Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
(Mecklenburg
)
|align="center"| 19 May 1744
|align="center"| 8 September 1761
|align="center"| 12 October 1814
Hanover raised to Kingdom status
|align="center" colspan="2"| 17 November 1818
|align="center"| George III
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Caroline of Brunswick
|align="center"| Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Welf)
|align="center"| 17 May 1768
|align="center"| 8 April 1795
|align="center"| 29 January 1820
husband's accession
|align="center" colspan="2"| 7 August 1821
|align="center"| George IV
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|align="center"| Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
|align="center"| George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(Saxe-Meiningen)
|align="center"| 13 August 1792
|align="center"| 13 July 1818
|align="center"| 26 June 1830
husband's accession
|align="center"| 20 June 1837
husband's death
|align="center"| 2 December 1849
|align="center"| William
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
|align="center"| Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg
)
|align="center"| 3 March 1778
|align="center"| 29 May 1815
|align="center"| 20 June 1837
husband's accession
|align="center" colspan="2"| 29 June 1841
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus I
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|align="center"| Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
|align="center"| Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
(Saxe-Altenburg
)
|align="center"| 14 April 1818
|align="center"| 18 February 1843
|align="center"| 18 November 1851
husband's accession
|align="center"| 20 September 1866
monarchy abolished
|align="center"| 9 January 1907
|align="center"| George V
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
|align="center"| Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
(Saxe-Altenburg)
|align="center"| 14 April 1818
|align="center"| 18 February 1843
|align="center"| 20 September 1866
monarchy abolished
|align="center"| 12 June 1878
husband's death
|align="center"| 9 January 1907
|align="center"| George V
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Princess Thyra of Denmark
|align="center"| Christian IX of Denmark
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
|align="center"| 29 September 1853
|align="center" colspan="2"| 22 December 1878
|align="center"| 14 November 1923
husband's death
|align="center"| 26 February 1933
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
|align="center"| Wilhelm II, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern
)
|align="center"| 13 September 1892
|align="center"| 24 May 1913
|align="center"| 14 November 1923
husband becomes pretender
|align="center"| 30 January 1953
husband's death
|align="center"| 11 December 1980
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus III, Prince of Hanover
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
|align="center"| Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
|align="center"| 19 December 1925
|align="center"| 31 August 1951
|align="center"| 30 January 1953
husband becomes pretender
|align="center" colspan="2"| 6 February 1980
|align="center" rowspan="2"| Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
|align="center"| Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach
(Solms-Laubach)
|align="center"| 8 August 1929
|align="center" colspan="2"| 16 July 1981
|align="center"| 9 December 1987
husband's death
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|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Chantal Hochuli
|align="center"| Johann Hochuli
|align="center"| 2 June 1955
|align="center"| 28 August 1981
|align="center"| 9 December 1987
husband becomes pretender
|align="center"| 23 October 1997
divorce
|align="center"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"| Ernest Augustus V, Prince of Hanover
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Caroline, Hereditary Princess of Monaco
|align="center"| Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
(Grimaldi
)
|align="center"| 23 January 1957
|align="center" colspan="2"| 23 January 1999
|align="center"| Incumbent
|align="center"|
|-
|}
Salic law
Salic law was a body of traditional law codified for governing the Salian Franks in the early Middle Ages during the reign of King Clovis I in the 6th century...
of succession, all monarchs of Hanover were male with the title of King of Hanover and before that Elector of Hanover, while all Hanoverian consorts were women with the title of Queen
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
of Hanover and style Majesty
Majesty
Majesty is an English word derived ultimately from the Latin maiestas, meaning "greatness".- Origin :Originally, during the Roman republic, the word maiestas was the legal term for the supreme status and dignity of the state, to be respected above everything else...
and before that title Electress of Hanover and style Royal Highness
Royal Highness
Royal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...
. The following women spouses of the monarchs of Hanover between 1692 and 1878:
Electresses of Hanover
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!width = "9%" | Became Consort
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|align="center"| Sophia of the Palatinate
|align="center"| Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V was Elector Palatine , and, as Frederick I , King of Bohemia ....
(Palatinate-Simmern)
|align="center"| 14 October 1630
|align="center"| 30 September 1658
|align="center"| 1692
husband became designated elector
|align="center"| 23 January 1698
husband's death
|align="center"| 8 June 1714
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Caroline of Ansbach
Caroline of Ansbach
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was the queen consort of King George II of Great Britain.Her father, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was the ruler of a small German state...
|align="center"| Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach succeeded his father Albrecht V as margrave in 1667. He married his second wife Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach on 4 November 1681. Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach married George II of Great...
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...
)
|align="center"| 1 March 1683
|align="center"| 22 August 1705
|align="center"| 11 June 1727
husband's accession
|align=center colspan="2"| 20 Nov 1737
|align="center"| George II
George II of Great Britain
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
|align="center"| Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
(Mecklenburg
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...
)
|align="center"| 19 May 1744
|align=center colspan="2"| 8 September 1761
|align="center"| 12 October 1814
became queen
|align="center"| 17 November 1818
|align="center"| George III
George III of the United Kingdom
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
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Queens of Hanover
|-|align="center"|
|align="center"| Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
|align="center"| Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
(Mecklenburg
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...
)
|align="center"| 19 May 1744
|align="center"| 8 September 1761
|align="center"| 12 October 1814
Hanover raised to Kingdom status
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
|align="center" colspan="2"| 17 November 1818
|align="center"| George III
George III of the United Kingdom
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Caroline of Brunswick
Caroline of Brunswick
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...
|align="center"| Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Welf)
|align="center"| 17 May 1768
|align="center"| 8 April 1795
|align="center"| 29 January 1820
husband's accession
|align="center" colspan="2"| 7 August 1821
|align="center"| George IV
George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.-Early life:Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany...
|align="center"| George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(Saxe-Meiningen)
|align="center"| 13 August 1792
|align="center"| 13 July 1818
|align="center"| 26 June 1830
husband's accession
|align="center"| 20 June 1837
husband's death
|align="center"| 2 December 1849
|align="center"| William
William IV of the United Kingdom
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Duchess of Cumberland and later Queen of Hanover , was the consort of Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, the fifth son and eighth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.She was born in the Altes Palais of Hanover as the fifth...
|align="center"| Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...
)
|align="center"| 3 March 1778
|align="center"| 29 May 1815
|align="center"| 20 June 1837
husband's accession
|align="center" colspan="2"| 29 June 1841
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus I
Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
Ernest Augustus I was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who reigned in both the United Kingdom and Hanover...
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg was Queen of Hanover and the consort of George V, a grandson of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.-Early life:Marie was born at Hildburghausen, as Princess Marie of...
|align="center"| Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
(Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...
)
|align="center"| 14 April 1818
|align="center"| 18 February 1843
|align="center"| 18 November 1851
husband's accession
|align="center"| 20 September 1866
monarchy abolished
Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...
|align="center"| 9 January 1907
|align="center"| George V
George V of Hanover
George V was King of Hanover, the only child of Ernest Augustus I, and a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 2nd Earl of Armagh...
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Spouses of the pretenders
|-|align="center"|
|align="center"| Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg was Queen of Hanover and the consort of George V, a grandson of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.-Early life:Marie was born at Hildburghausen, as Princess Marie of...
|align="center"| Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
(Saxe-Altenburg)
|align="center"| 14 April 1818
|align="center"| 18 February 1843
|align="center"| 20 September 1866
monarchy abolished
Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...
|align="center"| 12 June 1878
husband's death
|align="center"| 9 January 1907
|align="center"| George V
George V of Hanover
George V was King of Hanover, the only child of Ernest Augustus I, and a grandchild of King George III of the United Kingdom. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, 2nd Earl of Armagh...
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|align="center"|
|align="center"| Princess Thyra of Denmark
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Princess Thyra of Denmark was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.-Early life:Thyra was the sister of Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, George I of Greece and...
|align="center"| Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
|align="center"| 29 September 1853
|align="center" colspan="2"| 22 December 1878
|align="center"| 14 November 1923
husband's death
|align="center"| 26 February 1933
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
|align="center"| Wilhelm II, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...
)
|align="center"| 13 September 1892
|align="center"| 24 May 1913
|align="center"| 14 November 1923
husband becomes pretender
|align="center"| 30 January 1953
husband's death
|align="center"| 11 December 1980
|align="center"| Ernest Augustus III, Prince of Hanover
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a Princess of...
|align="center"| Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the fifth and youngest child of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and was a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark...
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
|align="center"| 19 December 1925
|align="center"| 31 August 1951
|align="center"| 30 January 1953
husband becomes pretender
|align="center" colspan="2"| 6 February 1980
|align="center" rowspan="2"| Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach
Monika, Dowager Princess of Hanover is the second wife and widow of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover. Monika is the eldest daughter of Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach and Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich....
|align="center"| Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach
(Solms-Laubach)
|align="center"| 8 August 1929
|align="center" colspan="2"| 16 July 1981
|align="center"| 9 December 1987
husband's death
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Chantal Hochuli
|align="center"| Johann Hochuli
|align="center"| 2 June 1955
|align="center"| 28 August 1981
|align="center"| 9 December 1987
husband becomes pretender
|align="center"| 23 October 1997
divorce
|align="center"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"| Ernest Augustus V, Prince of Hanover
|-
|align="center"|
|align="center"| Caroline, Hereditary Princess of Monaco
Caroline, Princess of Hanover
Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco , formally styled Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hanover , has been heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco since 2005, a position which she previously held from 1957 to 1958.She is the wife of...
|align="center"| Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco , styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.Though he was best known outside of Europe for having married American...
(Grimaldi
House of Grimaldi
The House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa and of the Principality of Monaco.-History:The Grimaldi family descends from Grimaldo, a Genoese statesman at the time of the early Crusades. He might have been a son of Otto Canella, a consul of the Republic of Genoa in...
)
|align="center"| 23 January 1957
|align="center" colspan="2"| 23 January 1999
|align="center"| Incumbent
|align="center"|
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