Background
Marie was born at Hildburghausen, as Princess Marie of Saxe-Hildburghausen, the eldest daughter of Joseph, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg.
Marie was born at Hildburghausen, as Princess Marie of Saxe-Hildburghausen, the eldest daughter of Joseph, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg.
In 1826, the family moved to Altenburg as a result of a transfer of territories among the various branches of the Ernestine Wettins, and Marie took the title Princess of Saxe-Altenburg in place of the previous. The Crown Prince and Princess became King and upon the death of his father, Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, on 18 November 1851. Her husband was expelled from his kingdom in 1866 as a result of his support for Austria in the Austro-Prussian War, and on 20 September 1866, the Kingdom was annexed by Prussia.
On 18 September 1872, Queen Marie was godmother to Queen Victoria"s granddaughter, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein.
Titles and styles 14 April 1818 – 12 November 1826: Her Highness Princess Marie of Saxe-Hildburghausen 12 November 1826 – 18 February 1843: Her Highness Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 18 February 1843 – 18 November 1851: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Hanover 18 November 1851 – 9 January 1907: Her Majesty The, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg.
