The Dowager Queen was 57 when she died at her residence, Bentley Priory in Stanmore.
https://bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/about-bentley-priory/history-of-bentley-priory/
In a letter to his natural son, George FitzClarence, William, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews wrote: "She is doomed, poor dear innocent young creature, to be my wife.
This was an arranged marriage. William was 27 years older than his bride. They met at Grillon's Hotel on Bond Street a week before their marriage at Kew Palace.
The couple were married in a double ceremony on July 11, 1818, with William's brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the widow of Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen.
William succeeded his brother, George IV on June 26, 1830. As William IV, he reigned until June 20, 1837, when he was succeeded by his niece, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. Although he was the father of ten illegitimate children by the actress Dorothea Jordan, his marriage with Adelaide was childless.
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https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-royal-weddings.html
The Dowager Queen moved to Bentley Priory in 1848.
Adelaide Cottage was named for Queen Adelaide.
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-windsor-home-for-sussexes.html
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