This book examines the lives and tenures of the consorts of the Hanoverian, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Windsor monarchs from 1727 to the present. Some of the consorts examined in this volume—such as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, consort to George VI—are well known while others, including Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, consort to William IV, are more obscure. These innovative and authoritative biographies bring a fresh approach to the consorts of this period, revealing their last...
Tabella dei contenuti
1. Volume Introduction.- 2. Section Introduction.- 3. Caroline of Ansbach.- 4. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.- 5. Caroline of Brunswick.- 6. Adelaide of Sa...
Circa l’autore
Aidan Norrie is Lecturer in History and Programme Leader at the University Campus North Lincolnshire, UK, and the Managing Editor of
The London Jour...