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Lady Augusta Gordon-Lennox
Countess of Dornburg
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar
BornAugusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox
(1827-01-14)14 January 1827
Died3 April 1904(1904-04-03) (aged 77)
Spouse(s)Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
FatherCharles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
MotherLady Caroline Paget

Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox (14 January 1827 – 3 April 1904) was a daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and his wife Lady Caroline Paget. She was married to Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar.

Family and early life

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Lady Augusta was the second eldest daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and his wife Lady Caroline Paget, daughter of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey.[1]

Marriage

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On 27 November 1851, Lady Augusta married Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, a nephew of Queen Adelaide.[citation needed] According to the contemporary British women's magazine The Lady's Realm, the union was a "love-match" that led to Edward relinquishing his place in the line of succession to the Grand Ducal throne of Saxe-Weimar.[2]

He died in 1902.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sanders 1909, p. 929.
  2. ^ Lady's Realm 1904, p. 460.
  3. ^ "Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Dead". The New York Times. 17 November 1902.
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