Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (30 November 1719 – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751, and Dowager Princess of Wales thereafter. She was one of only three holders of the title who never became queen. Princess Augusta's eldest son succeeded as George III of the United Kingdom in 1760, as her husband, Frederick, Prince of Wales, had died nine years earlier.
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha | |
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Princess of Wales | |
Born | Gotha, Germany | 30 November 1719
Died | 8 February 1772 Carlton House, London | (aged 52)
Burial | February 15, 1772 |
Spouse | Frederick, Prince of Wales |
Issue | Princess Augusta George III Edward, Duke of York Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain William, Duke of Gloucester Henry, Duke of Cumberland Princess Louisa Prince Frederick Caroline Matilda of Wales |
House | House of Hanover House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Father | Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Mother | Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Princess Augusta Of Saxe-Gotha Media
One of the first portraits of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha as Princess of Wales by William Hogarth, 1736–1738, National Museum in Warsaw
The Family of Frederick, Prince of Wales, a group portrait commissioned from George Knapton by Augusta and completed less than a year after Frederick's death