Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf
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| Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf | |
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| Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |
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| Auguste Reuss of Ebersdorf as Artemisia, 1775, painted by Johann Heinrich Tischbein, sen., called: the Kasseler. | |
| Tenure | 1800–1806 |
| Spouse | Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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| Princess Antoinette Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Ferdinand Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn Leopold I of Belgium |
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| Augusta Caroline | |
| House | House of Wettin House of Reuss |
| Father | Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
| Mother | Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg |
| Born | 19 January 1757 Ebersdorf |
| Died | 16 November 1831 (aged 74) Coburg |
Countess (later Princess) Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf (German: Gräfin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) (19 January 1757 – 16 November 1831), was by marriage a duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born in Ebersdorf.
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[edit] Family
She was the second of seven children of Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf and his wife Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg.
[edit] Marriage
In Ebersdorf on 13 June 1777 Augusta married Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She bore him ten children; some of them played important roles in European history: Victoria, Duchess of Kent, and King Leopold I of Belgium.
[edit] Issue
- Princess Sophie Fredericka, Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly
- Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia
- Stillborn son
- Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn
- Princess Marianne
- Leopold I of Belgium
- Prince Francis Maximilian
[edit] Notable descendants
Countess Augusta is the grandmother of many notable monarchs of Europe, including both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (through her mother Victoria) and her husband, Prince Albert (through his father Ernst), King Consort of Portugal Ferdinand II (through his father Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), and also Empress Carlota of Mexico and her brother Leopold II of Belgium (through their father Leopold I who was elected King of the Belgians on 26 June 1831.)
[edit] Elevation to Princess
The House of Reuss became princes on 9 April 1806, and all the surviving members of the Ebersdorf-Lobenstein line (including Augusta) bore the title Prince(ss) Reuss of Ebersdorf (German: Fürst/Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf, Jüngere Linie) . Augusta died in Coburg on 16 November 1831, aged seventy-four, five months after the election of her son Leopold as King of the Belgians.
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Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Cadet branch of the House of Reuss
Born: 19 January 1757 Died: 16 November 1831 |
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| German royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 September 1800 - 9 December 1806 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
