Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Augusta Princess of Saxe-Gotha

Daughter of Friedrich II. Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676-1732) and his wife Magdalena Augusta Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst (1676-1740)

Born: Gotha 30. Nov 1719

Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London 17. Apr 1736 Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), son of George II. King of Great Britain and Ireland (1683-1760) and his wife Caroline Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683-1737)

Issue:

• Princess Augusta of Great Britain and Ireland (1737-1813) m.1764 Karl II. Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1735-1806)

• George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1738-1820) m.1761 Sophie Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)

• Prince Edward, Duke of York (1739-1767)

• Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain and Ireland (1740-1759)

• Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1743-1805) m.1766 Maria Walpole (1736-1807)

• Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland (1745-1790) m.1771 Anne Luttrell (1742-1808)

• Princess Louisa of Great Britain and Ireland (1749-1768)

• Prince Frederick of Great Britain and Ireland (1750-1765)

• Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain and Ireland (1751-1775) m.1766 (div.1772) Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway (1749-1808)

Died: Carlton House, London 8. Feb 1772 from throat cancer

Buried: Westminster Abbey

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann