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Adelaide married William in a double wedding with William's brother, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and his bride Victoria, Dowager Princess of Leiningen, on 11 July 1818, at Kew Palace in Surrey, England.
Jun 14, 2022 · William wobbled briefly when the allowance Parliament promised him as a married man turned out to be far lower than he hoped for but by the summer of 1818, a royal wedding day loomed. There was...
Feb 25, 2023 · Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen married George III’s son, William, Duke of Clarence, during a crisis. George’s only legitimate grandchild had died in 1817, leaving the future of the royal succession uncertain.
- Joseph Massey
In an attempt to secure the succession to the throne, William was informed that Parliament would guarantee his large gambling debts should he marry and produce an heir, William, who had ten illegitimate children, the FitzClarences by his mistress, the actress Dorothea Jordan, agreed to do so.
The death of George IV's daughter Princess Charlotte in 1818 led to William's marriage to Adelaide of Saxe‐Meiningen, a widowed Bavarian princess. The marriage was a generally happy one, with Adelaide taking care of William's illegitimate children.
With worries of English succession in the air, the 53-year-old William, duke of Clarence (later William IV), married the 26-year-old Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, considered plain and religious by contemporaries, specifically to bear children—legitimate children.
On 11 July 1818, Adelaide married Prince William, Duke of Clarence. It was a double wedding with William's younger brother, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. When they married, William was second in line to become king.
