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2 unusual facts about Queen Adelaide


Queen Adelaide

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849), Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom

Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, (931/932 – 999), Holy Roman Empress


Adelaide Peninsula

Its namesake is Queen Adelaide, consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar

The church was consecrated in 1838 by Archdeacon Edward Burrow in the presence of the Dowager Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV.

Clarke baronets

The Clarke Baronetcy, of Dunham Lodge in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for Charles Clarke, Physician to Queen Adelaide.

Count of Canossa

The details of the relations between Sigifred's sons Sigifred II and Adalbert Atto are unknown and the latter appears in Canossa in time to give refuge to Queen Adelaide when she was fleeing Berengar II and Willa in 955.

Gopsall

Queen Adelaide was a frequent visitor to the Hall during her long widowhood.

Henry Herbert Southey

He was appointed physician in ordinary to George IV in 1823, in 1830 physician extraordinary to Queen Adelaide, and in 1833 lord chancellor's visitor in lunacy.

St George's Church, Brighton

After Revd James Anderson became curate of the church in 1828, his close association with Queen Adelaide, the consort of King William IV, made the church very popular.


see also

Joyce Steele

Prior to her election, Joyce Steele was a homemaker, an ABC broadcaster and active in community organisations, including the Queen Adelaide Club (the women's equivalent of the restricted Adelaide Club).