List of Hanoverian consorts

Consorts of Hanover were women 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:

Consorts of Hanover

Electress consorts of Hanover

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress	Ceased to be Electress	Death	Spouse
	Sophia of the Palatinate [1]	Frederick V, Elector Palatine (Palatinate-Simmern)	14 October 1630	30 September 1658	1692 husband became designated elector	23 January 1698 husband's death	8 June 1714	Ernest Augustus
	Caroline of Ansbach [1][2][3][4][5]	Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Hohenzollern)	1 March 1683	22 August 1705	11 June 1727 husband's accession	20 Nov 1737		George II
	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]	Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (Mecklenburg)	19 May 1744	8 September 1761		12 October 1814 became queen	17 November 1818	George III

Queen consorts of Hanover

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [6][7]	Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (Mecklenburg)	19 May 1744	8 September 1761	12 October 1814 Hanover raised to Kingdom status	17 November 1818		George III
	Caroline of Brunswick [6][7]	Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Welf)	17 May 1768	8 April 1795	29 January 1820 husband's accession	7 August 1821		George IV
	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen [6][7]	George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Saxe-Meiningen)	13 August 1792	13 July 1818	26 June 1830 husband's accession	20 June 1837 husband's death	2 December 1849	William
	Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [8]	Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg)	3 March 1778	29 May 1815	20 June 1837 husband's accession	29 June 1841		Ernest Augustus I
	Marie of Saxe-Altenburg [8]	Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (Saxe-Altenburg)	14 April 1818	18 February 1843	18 November 1851 husband's accession	20 September 1866 monarchy abolished	9 January 1907	George V

Spouses of the pretenders

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Queen	Ceased to be Queen	Death	Spouse
	Marie of Saxe-Altenburg [8]	Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (Saxe-Altenburg)	14 April 1818	18 February 1843	20 September 1866 monarchy abolished	12 June 1878 husband's death	9 January 1907	George V
	Princess Thyra of Denmark [8][9]	Christian IX of Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	29 September 1853	22 December 1878		14 November 1923 husband's death	26 February 1933	Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover
	Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia [9][10][11]	Wilhelm II, German Emperor (Hohenzollern)	13 September 1892	24 May 1913	14 November 1923 husband becomes pretender	30 January 1953 husband's death	11 December 1980	Ernest Augustus III, Prince of Hanover
	Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg [9][11]	Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	19 December 1925	31 August 1951	30 January 1953 husband becomes pretender	6 February 1980		Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover
	Countess Monika of Solms-Laubach [9][11]	Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach (Solms-Laubach)	8 August 1929	16 July 1981		9 December 1987 husband's death
	Chantal Hochuli [9][11]	Johann Hochuli	2 June 1955	28 August 1981	9 December 1987 husband becomes pretender	23 October 1997 divorce		Ernest Augustus V, Prince of Hanover
	Caroline, Hereditary Princess of Monaco [9][11]	Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (Grimaldi)	23 January 1957	23 January 1999		Incumbent

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