Consorts of Hanover were woman married to the Hanoverian monarchs during their reigns. Because of the salic law of succession, all monarchs of Hanover were male with the title of King of Hanover and before that Elector of Hanover, while all Hanoverian consorts were women with the title of Queen of Hanover and style Majesty and before that title Electress of Hanover and style Royal Highness. The following women spouses of the monarchs of Hanover between 1692 and 1878:

Electresses of Hanover
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Sophia of the Palatinate	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	Hohenzollern	1 March 1683	22 August 1705	11 June 1727 husband's ascension	20 Nov 1737		George II
	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg	19 May 1744	8 September 1761		12 October 1814 became queen	17 November 1818	George III
Queens of Hanover
	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg	19 May 1744	8 September 1761	12 October 1814 husband's ascension	17 November 1818		George III
	Caroline of Brunswick	Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Line of the House of Guelph	17 May 1768	8 April 1795	29 January 1820 husband's ascension	7 August 1821		George IV
	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen	Wettin	13 August 1792	13 July 1818	26 June 1830 husband's ascension	20 June 1837 husband's death	2 December 1849	William
	Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg	3 March 1778	29 May 1815	20 June 1837 husband's ascension	29 June 1841		Ernest Augustus I
	Marie of Saxe-Altenburg	Wettin	14 April 1818	18 February 1843	18 November 1851 husband's ascension	20 September 1866 monarchy abolished	9 January 1907	George V
Spouses of the pretenders
	Marie of Saxe-Altenburg	Wettin	14 April 1818	18 February 1843	20 September 1866 monarchy abolished	12 June 1878 husband's death	9 January 1907	George V
	Thyra of Denmark	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	29 September 1853	22 December 1878		14 November 1923 husband's death	26 February 1933	Ernest Augustus II
	Victoria Louise of Prussia	Hohenzollern	13 September 1892	24 May 1913	14 November 1923	30 January 1953 husband's death	11 December 1980	Ernest Augustus III
	Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	19 December 1925	31 August 1951	30 January 1953	6 February 1980		Ernest Augustus IV
	Monika of Solms-Laubach	Solms-Laubach	8 August 1929	16 July 1981		9 December 1987 husband's death
	Chantal Hochuli	-	2 June 1955	28 August 1981	9 December 1987	23 October 1997 divorce		Ernest Augustus V
	Caroline of Monaco	Grimaldi	23 January 1957	23 January 1999

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