Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, VA (Alexandrina Mary Wilhelmina Catherine Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louise Pauline Elizabeth Frederica Georgina; German: Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Theresia Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine; 14 April 1818 – 9 January 1907) 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 Saxe-Hildburghausen, the eldest daughter of Joseph, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. In 1826, the family moved to Altenburg as a result of a transfer of territories among the various branches of the Ernestine Wettins, and Marie took the title Princess of Saxe-Altenburg in place of the previous.

Marie of Saxe-Altenburg with her husband, George V of Hanover, and their children Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Princess Frederica of Hanover, and Princess Marie of Hanover

Marriage

Marie married, on 18 February 1843, at Hanover, George, The Crown Prince of Hanover. They had three children - Prince Ernest Augustus, Princess Frederica, and Princess Marie.

Queen of Hanover

The Crown Prince and Princess became King and Queen of Hanover upon the death of his father, Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, on 18 November 1851. Her husband was expelled from his kingdom in 1866 as a result of his support for Austria in the Austro-Prussian War, and on 20 September 1866, the Kingdom was annexed by Prussia. Nevertheless, George never abdicated; he, Marie and their children lived in exile at Gmunden, in Austria, until George's death in 1878.

On 18 September 1872, Queen Marie was godmother to Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. Princess Marie Louise was the youngest daughter of Princess Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein); Queen Victoria & Prince Albert's third daughter and fifth child.

Later life

Queen Marie died, some twenty-eight years after her husband, on 9 January 1907, at Gmunden, where she was later buried.

Titles, style, honours and arms

Titles and styles

14 April 1818 – 12 November 1826: Her Highness Princess Marie of Saxe-Hildburghausen
12 November 1826 – 18 February 1843: Her Highness Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
18 February 1843 – 18 November 1851: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Hanover
18 November 1851 – 9 January 1907: Her Majesty The Queen of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg.

	Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover	21 September 1845	14 November 1923	Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick; born at Hanover, married Princess Thyra of Denmark; had issue
Princess Frederica of Hanover	9 January 1848	16 October 1926	born at Hanover, died at Biarritz; married Litubert, Baron von Pawel-Rammingen; had issue
Princess Marie of Hanover	3 December 1849	4 June 1904	Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elizabeth Alexandrina; born at Hanover, died unmarried at Gmunden

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

16. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

8. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

17. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau

4. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

18. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

9. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

19. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

2. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

20. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

10. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

21. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

5. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

22. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

11. Landgravine Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

23. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg

1. Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

24. Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

12. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

25. Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis

6. Duke Louis of Württemberg

26. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

13. Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

27. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

3. Duchess Amelia of Württemberg

28. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

14. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

29. Countess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein

7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

30. William IV, Prince of Orange

15. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

31. Anne, Princess Royal

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Hanoverian royalty
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg House of Saxe-Altenburg Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 14 April 1818 Died: 9 January 1907
Preceded by Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Queen consort of Hanover 18 November 1851 – 20 September 1866	Succeeded by Kingdom abolished
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Herself as Queen consort	— TITULAR — Queen consort of Hanover 20 September 1866 – 12 June 1878	Succeeded by Thyra of Denmark

Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg by birth

The generations indicate descent from Duke Frederick I, the first junior line Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

1st Generation	Charlotte, Princess Paul of Württemberg* Therese, Queen of Bavaria* Louise, Duchess of Nassau*

2nd Generation	Marie, Queen of Hanover Princess Henriette Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia Therese, Duchess of Dalarna Antoinette, Duchess of Anhalt Marie Gasparine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

3rd Generation	Marie, Princess Albert of Prussia Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Luise Charlotte, Duchess of Anhalt Olga, Countess of Pückler-Burghauss and Freifrau von Groditz Marie, Princess Heinrich XXXV Reuss of Köstritz

4th Generation	Charlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia Princess Elisabeth Karola

*Born a princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen

British princesses by marriage

1st generation	Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach

2nd generation	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

3rd generation	Maria Walpole Anne Luttrell

4th generation	Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel The Princess Mary*

5th generation	Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

6th generation	Princess Alexandra of Denmark Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Thyra of Denmark

7th generation	Princess Mary of Teck Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife* Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia

8th generation	Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

9th generation	Birgitte van Deurs Katharine Worsley Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz

10th generation	Lady Diana Spencer Camilla Parker Bowles Sarah Ferguson Sophie Rhys-Jones

11th generation	Catherine Middleton

* also princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in her own right.

Hanoverian princesses by marriage

1st generation	Duchess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel¹ Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia¹ Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen¹ Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld¹ Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz¹ Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel¹

2nd generation	Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg¹

3rd generation	Princess Thyra of Denmark¹

4th generation	Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia¹

5th generation	Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark Mireille Dutry² Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen

6th generation	Wibke van Gunsteren² Victoria Anne Bee² Chantal Hochuli² Princess Caroline of Monaco Countess Isabelle of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli Thyra von Westernhagen²

¹also a princess by marriage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland²did not have a royal or noble title by birth

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 280980249 GND: 102164711 BNF: cb12891816h (data)

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