Princess Augusta of Prussia
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| Princess Augusta | |
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| Electress consort of Hesse | |
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| Consort | 27 February 1821 – 19 February 1841 |
| Spouse | William II, Elector of Hesse |
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| Prince Wilhelm Princess Karoline Princess Luise Frederick William Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Prince Ferdinand |
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| Full name | |
| Auguste Christine Friederike | |
| House | House of Hesse House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| Father | Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Mother | Victoria of the United Kingdom |
| Born | 14 April 1857 Potsdam |
| Died | 26 October 1944 (aged 87) Kassel |
| Burial | 3 November 1944 St George's Chapel, Windsor; later 28 August 1945 St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham |
Princess Augusta of Prussia (German: Auguste Christine Friederike, Prinzessen von Preußen) (born Potsdam, 1 May 1780; died Kassel, 19 February 1841) was the third daughter and fifth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the first wife of William II, Elector of Hesse.
On 13 February 1797 in Berlin, Augusta married Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), eldest surviving son of William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. In 1803, the Landgrave was raised to Elector of Hesse, and Prince William succeeded on his father's death in 1821.
William and Augusta had six children :
- Wilhelm (9 April 1798 – 25 October 1800)
- Karoline (29 July 1799 – 28 November 1854)
- Luise (3 April 1801 – 28 September 1803)
- Friedrich (20 August 1802 – 6 June 1875), later Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
- Marie (6 September 1804 – 4 January 1888), married Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Ferdinand (9 October 1806 – 21 November 1806)
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Princess Augusta of Prussia
Cadet branch of the Burchardinger dynasty
Born: 1 May 1780 Died: 19 February 1841 |
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| Vacant
Title last held by
Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark |
Electress of Hesse 27 February 1821 – 19 February 1841 |
Electorate annexed to Prussia in 1866 |
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