Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

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Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (April 14 1818-January 9 1907), later Queen of Hanover, was the consort of George V of Hanover, a male-line grandson of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.

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Early life

Marie was born at Hildburghaussen, the eldest daughter of Josef, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Amelia of Wurttemburg.

Marie married, on February 18, 1843, at Hanover, HRH George V of Hanover, then Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince and Princess became King and Queen of Hanover upon the death of his father, Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, on November 18, 1851

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

1818-1843: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
1843-1851: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Hanover
1851-1907: Her Majesty Marie, Queen of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Ernest Augustus II of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland	21 September 1845	14 November 1923	married Her Royal Highness Princess Tyra of Denmark; had issue
Princess Frederica of Hanover	9 January 1848	16 October 1926	married Litubert, Baron von Pawel-Rammingen; had issue
Princess Marie of Hanover	3 December 1849	4 June 1904

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