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Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales 1719–1772 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Nov 1719

Birth Location: Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany

Death Date: 08 Feb 1772

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Frederick of

Mother: Princess Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Spouse(s): Frederick Wales

Children(s): Elizabeth Britain, Caroline Norway, King Brunswick-Lüneburg, Henry Navy, Prince Strathearn, Prince Albany, Augusta Brunswick

The story of Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales began in 1719 in Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany. Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales married Frederick Louis Ludwig Guelp Hanover Prince Of Wales, and had children including Augusta Charlotte Hanover Duchess Of Brunswick, Caroline Mathilde Of Great Britain Queen Of Denmark Norway, Elizabeth Caroline Hanover Princess Of Great Britain, Henry Frederick House Of Hanover Duke Of Cumberland And Strathearn Admiral In Royal Navy, King George William Frederick Iii House Of Hanover King Of Great Britain Ireland Duke And Prince Elector Of Brunswick Luneburg, Prince Edward Augustus Hanover Duke Of York And Albany, Prince William Henry Hanover Duke Of Cumberland And Strathearn. Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales passed away in 1772 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales began in 1719 in Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany.
  • Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales married Frederick Louis Ludwig Guelp Hanover Prince Of Wales, and had children including Augusta Charlotte Hanover Duchess Of Brunswick, Caroline Mathilde Of Great Britain Queen Of Denmark Norway, Elizabeth Caroline Hanover Princess Of Great Britain, Henry Frederick House Of Hanover Duke Of Cumberland And Strathearn Admiral In Royal Navy, King George William Frederick Iii House Of Hanover King Of Great Britain Ireland Duke And Prince Elector Of Brunswick Luneburg, Prince Edward Augustus Hanover Duke Of York And Albany, Prince William Henry Hanover Duke Of Cumberland And Strathearn.
  • Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales passed away in 1772 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick of
1676–1732
Birth Location: Gotha, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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Princess Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1679–1740
Birth Location: Germany
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Spouses(s)

Frederick Wales
1707–1751
Birth Location: Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Britain
1740–1759
Birth Location: Norfolk House, St James, London, England
EB
Caroline Norway
1751–1775
Birth Location: Leicester House, Westminister, London, England
CN
King Brunswick-Lüneburg
1738–1820
Birth Location: Norfolk-House, St. James Square, London, England
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Henry Navy
1745–1790
Birth Location: Leicester House, St Martins, London, England
HN
Prince Strathearn
1743–1805
Birth Location: Charing Cross, Greater London, England
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Prince Albany
1739–1767
Birth Location: Greater London, England
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Augusta Brunswick
1737–1813
Birth Location: St James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, London, England
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Augusta Wales's Ancestors

Self
Augusta Wales
1719–1772
Birth Place: Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany
Parents
Frederick II Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duke of
1676–1732
Gotha, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Princess (Magdalena Augusta of Anholt-Zerbst, Lutheran, Duchess consort of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1679–1740
Germany
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Augusta Wales's Descendants

1.
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Augusta (of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of) Wales (30 Nov 1719–08 Feb 1772) m. Frederick (Louis "Ludwig Guelp" Hanover, Prince of) Wales (20 Jan 1707–31 Mar 1751)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Caroline Hanover, Princess of Great) Britain 1740–1759
  2. 2. Caroline (Mathilde of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark &) Norway 1751–1775
  3. 3. King (George William Frederick III, House of Hanover, King of Great Britain & Ireland, Duke and prince-elector of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1738–1820 m. Sophia (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of Great Britain, Princess) of 1744–1818
    1. 1. Edward (Augustus Hanover, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and) Strathearn 1767–1820 m. Marie (Louise Victoria von Saxon-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of) Kent 1786–1861
      1. 1. HM (Alexandrina Victoria of Hanover, Queen Regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Empress of) India 1819–1901 m. HRH (Albert Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince) Consort 1819–1861
        1. 1. Prince (Arthur Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Field) Marshall 1850–1942 m. Louise (Margaret Alexandra Agnes. Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn. Countess of Sussex. Princess of) Prussia. 1860–1917
        2. 2. Louise (Caroline Saxe-Coburg,) Princess 1848–1939
        3. 3. Beatrice (Mary Victoria Feodore Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Princess of) Battenberg 1857–1944 m. Heinrich (Henry Moritz Battenberg\ Hessen-Darmstadt, Prinz) Von 1858–1896
        4. 4. Alfred (Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of) Edinburgh 1844–1900 m. Marie (Alexandrovna Holstein Gottorp) Romanov 1853–1940
        5. 5. Prince (Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Albany,) hemophiliac 1853–1884
        6. 6. Victoria (Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, German Empress and Queen consort of) Prussia 1840–1901 m. Frederick (III Wilhelm Nikolaus Hohenzollern Dynasty, Emperor of) Germany 1831–1888
        7. 7. Albert (Edward VII Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, King of Great Britain, Ireland and Emperor of) India 1841–1910 m. Alexandra (Of) Denmark 1844–1925
        8. 8. Alice (Maud of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Grand Duchess of) Hesse 1844–1921 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm Ludwig IV. Karl Hessen und bei Rhein, Großherzog von) Hessen 1837–1892
    2. 2. King (George IV Augustus, of Great Britain & Ireland House of) Hanover 1762–1830 m. Caroline (Amelia Elizabeth Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Queen of the United) Kingdom 1768–1821
      1. 1. Charlotte (Augusta Hanover, Princess of Wales, Great Britain, & Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld,) Princess 1796–1817
    3. 3. King (William IV Hanover, King of Hanover, United Kingdom of Great) Britain; 1765–1837 m. Dorothy (Dora) Bland 1761–1816 m. Adelaide (Amelia Louisa Theresa Caroline, Duchess Clarence, Queen of the United Kingdom & Hanover) Saxe-Meiningen 1792–1849
      1. 1. George (Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster,) illegitimate 1794–1842 m. Mary (Wyndham, Countess of Munster,) illegitimate 1792–1842
        1. 1. Adelaide (Georgiana Fitz-Clarence,) Lady 1820–1883
        2. 2. William (George Fitz-Clarence, 2nd Earl of) Munster 1824–1901
        3. 3. Capt (George) Fitz-Clarence 1836–1894
    4. 4. Charlotte (Augusta Matilda, Hanover, Princess Royal of United Kingdom of Great) Britain, 1766–1828
    5. 5. Elizabeth, (Hanover, Princess of England, Landgravine of) Hesse-Homburg 1770–1840
    6. 6. Ernest (Augustus Guelf of Hanover, King of Hanover, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Earl of Armagh, Prince of) Hanover 1771–1851 m. Frederica (of) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1778–1841
      1. 1. George (V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August Guelf (Hanover), King of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland & Teviotdale, Prince of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain & Ireland,) etc. 1819–1878 m. Alexandrine (Marie Wilhelmine Catharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine Wettin (Saxe-Altenburg), Marie, Queen Consort of Hanover, Princess of) Saxe-Altenburg 1818–1907
        1. 1. Ernst (August Wilhelm Adolf Georg Guelf von Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and) Ireland 1845–1923 m. Thyra (Amelia Caroline Charlotte Anne Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Oldenburg, Princess of) Denmark 1853–1933
    7. 7. Princess (Mary House of Hanover (Germany), Duchess of Gloucester, Edinburgh, & Great) Britain 1776–1857
    8. 8. Prince (Octavius Hanover of Great) Britain 1779–1783
    9. 9. Princess (Amelia of Great) Britain 1783–1810
    10. 10. Prince (Frederick Augustus House of Hanover, Duke of York and) Albany 1763–1827 m. Princess (Frederica Charlotte of) Prussia 1767–1820
    11. 11. Prince (Adolphus Frederick House of Hanover, Duke of) Cambridge 1774–1850 m. Princess (Augusta of) Hesse-Kassel 1797–1889
      1. 1. Mary (Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth) Hanover 1833–1897 m. Francis (Paul Charles Louis Alexander von Wurttemberg, Duke of) Teck 1837–1900
        1. 1. Her (Majesty Queen Mary Victoria Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von) Teck 1867–1953 m. George (V, Frederick Ernest Albert of Windsor (changed from Saxe-Coburg), King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, 1st cousin Kaiser Wilhelm) WW1 1865–1936
        2. 2. Maj (Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick Teck, British Army:) Dragoons 1870–1910 m. Margaret (Evelyn) Tack 1874–
    12. 12. Princess (Augusta Sophia House of) Hanover 1768–1840
  4. 4. Henry (Frederick House of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Admiral in Royal) Navy 1745–1790 m. Anne (Luttrell, Duchess of Cumberland and) Strathearn 1743–1808 m. Olive Wilmot –1774
    1. 1. Olivia (\ Olive Wilmot Princess of) Cumberland 1772–1834
  5. 5. Prince (William Henry Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and) Strathearn 1743–1805
  6. 6. Prince (Edward Augustus Hanover, Duke of York and) Albany 1739–1767
  7. 7. Augusta (Charlotte Hanover Duchess of) Brunswick 1737–1813 m. Karl (Charles II Wilhelm II von Braunschweig -Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel Welf Duke of, GeneralfeldMarschal of the Prussian Kingdom, Seven Years War-3rd Silesian) War 1735–1806
    1. 1. Caroline (Amelia Elizabeth Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Queen of the United) Kingdom 1768–1821 m. King (George IV Augustus, of Great Britain & Ireland House of) Hanover 1762–1830
    2. 2. Prince (August von Wettin of) Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick 1770–1822
    3. 3. Friedrich (Wilhelm Augustus 'The Black Duke' von Wettin, Duke of) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel 1771–1815

Augusta Wales's Timeline

2 Records

1719
30 Nov 1719
Birth of Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales in Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany
Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany
1772
08 Feb 1772
Age 53
Death of Augusta of Saxe Gotha Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony, Princess of Wales in throat cancer, Carlton House, Westminister, Middlesex, England
throat cancer, Carlton House, Westminister, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Nov 1719
    Event Place: Sachsen Coburg, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Feb 1772
    Event Place: throat cancer, Carlton House, Westminister, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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