Because of the Salic law of succession, all monarchs of Hanover were male, electors from 1692 until 1814 and kings from 1814 until 1866. Their wives were thus electresses and then queens.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became electress | Ceased to be electress | Death | Spouse |
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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 (Mecklenburg) | 19 May 1744 | 8 September 1761 | 12 October 1814 became queen | 17 November 1818 | George III | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse |
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz [6] [7] | Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (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 | ||
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 | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Queen | Ceased to be Queen | Death | Spouse |
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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 zu Solms-Laubach [9] [11] | Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach (Solms-Laubach) | 8 August 1929 | 16 July 1981 | 9 December 1987 husband's death | 4 June 2015 | |||
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 | ||
Princess Caroline of Monaco [9] [11] | Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (Grimaldi) | 23 January 1957 | 23 January 1999 | Incumbent | ||||
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