Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

For other people called Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, see Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
Queen consort of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Tevoitdale
Tenure	18 November 1851 – 12 June 1878
Spouse	George V
Issue
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover Princess Frederica, Baroness von Pawel-Rammingen Princess Marie of Hanover
Full name
Alexandrina Mary Wilhelmina Catherine Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louise Pauline Elizabeth Frederica Georgina
House	House of Saxe-Altenburg House of Hanover
Father	Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Duchess Amelia of Württemberg
Born	14 April 1818(1818-04-14) Hildburghausen, Thuringia
Died	9 January 1907(1907-01-09) (aged 88) Gmunden, Austria
Burial	Gmunden, Austria

Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (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.

Marie and Marie from Hanover, postcard by Carl Jagerspacher, Gmunden 1904, with the original signature of "Marie R. (Regina)"

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 HRH Princess Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein); Queen Victoria & HRH 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, Royal Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg.

Issue

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

Marie's ancestors in three generations

8. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

4. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

9. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

2. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

10. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

5. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

11. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

1. Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

12. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

6. Duke Louis of Württemberg

13. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

3. Amelia of Württemberg

14. Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg

7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

15. Carolina of Orange-Nassau

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Marie of Saxe-Altenburg House of Saxe-Altenburg Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 14 April 1818 Died: 9 January 1907
Hanoverian royalty
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

Persondata
Name	Marie Of Saxe-Altenburg
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	14 April 1818
Place of birth	Hildburghausen, Thuringia
Date of death	9 January 1907
Place of death	Gmunden, Austria