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King William IV and Queen Adelaide (of Saxe-Meiningen) had seven children carried to term:

1) Pss Charlotte Augusta Louisa of Clarence (b. 1819)
2) A Stillborn child (b. 1819)
3) Pss Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide of Clarence (1820-1821)
4) A Stillborn child (b.1822)
5) Stillborn Twin Boys (b. 1824)

Now, I was wondering what would the reign of one of William's children have turned out? Said children would not be like Victoria or Charlotte of Wales (too late for Charlotte, for one). And they would hardly be a continuation of the Georgian or Regency era.

That said, unlike the Duchess of Kent, Adelaide would have no real reason for keeping any of her children isolated from the court as Conroy attempted to do with Victoria. Also, William IV was hardly George IV as far as tastes went. George was extravagant, William was a bluff, hearty sailor (so any son I could probably see going into the navy if William's lifespan allows it.)

Also, Adelaide has earned the reputation as being the "first of the Victorians" but unlike Victoria herself, William is not Albert, and in the formative years, their children would be brought up at George's Regency court, and later at William's, compared to Victoria who was brought up under the "Kensington System". So, even if Adelaide was perhaps "Victorian" in viewpoint, William would counteract this.

So, what would say a King William "V" and his siblings look like? Victorian and prim-and-proper? Or Regency rake?
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