Princess Augusta of Prussia
| Augusta of Prussia | |
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Electress consort of Hesse | |
| Tenure | 27 February 1821 – 19 February 1841 |
| Born | 1 May 1780 Potsdam, Prussia |
| Died | 19 February 1841 (aged 60) Kassel |
| Spouse | |
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
| Prussian Royalty |
| House of Hohenzollern |
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| Frederick William II |
Augusta of Prussia (Christine Friederike Auguste; 1 May 1780 – 19 February 1841) was a German
Biography
On 13 February 1797 in
The marriage of Augusta was politically arranged and unhappy. Augusta and William often came into conflict with one another, which led to aggressive confrontations.
In 1806, Hesse was occupied by France. Augusta was in Berlin with her children at the time, having remained in the Prussian capital due to her pregnancy when Napoleon's army took it for France.[1] Napoleon put guards around her house and gave orders that she should not be disturbed. With Hesse and Prussia occupied and her family in exile, Augusta lacked money, and after her child's birth she asked for a meeting with Napoleon. She appeared before him with her newborn baby on her arm and one of her children by the hand and asked him for an allowance, which he granted her.[2]
After the birth of her last child in 1806, the relationship between Augusta and William was unofficially terminated. In 1815, they agreed to keep separate households. Augusta lived in Schoenfeld Palace, where she became a celebrated
Auguste closed her salon in 1823, and between 1826 and 1831 she lived in The Hague, Koblenz, Bonn and Fulda. She returned to Kassel in 1831. Augusta was regarded as a skillful painter, whose works included self-portraits.
Several months after Augusta's death, William morganatically remarried his longtime mistress Emilie Ortlöpp, ennobled as Countess von Reichenbach-Lessonitz, by whom he had an additional eight children.
Issue
- Wilhelm (9 April 1798 – 25 October 1800)
- Karoline (29 July 1799 – 28 November 1854)
- Luise (3 April 1801 – 28 September 1803)
- Frederick William, Elector of Hesse (20 August 1802 – 6 June 1875) morganatically married Gertrude Lehmann.
- Marie (6 September 1804 – 4 January 1888), married Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and had issue.
- Ferdinand (9 October 1806 – 21 November 1806)
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Prussia Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 23. Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Princess Augusta of Prussia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
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- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768., pp. 17 (father's side), 69 (mother's side)
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