Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel
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| Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel | |
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| Duchess of Cambridge | |
| Spouse | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge |
| Issue | |
| Prince George, Duke of Cambridge Augusta of Cambridge Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge |
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| Full name | |
| Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa | |
| Titles and styles | |
| HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HH Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel |
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| Royal house | House of Hanover House of Hesse-Kassel |
| Father | Prince Frederick of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen |
| Born | 25 July 1797 Rumpenheim Castle, Cassel |
| Died | 6 April 1889 (aged 91) St. James's Palace, Pall Mall, London |
Princess and Landgravine Augusta of Hesse-Cassel (also spelt Kassel) (Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa; later Duchess of Cambridge; 25 July 1797 – 6 April 1889) was the consort of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The longest-lived daughter-in-law of George III, she was the maternal grandmother of Mary of Teck, queen consort to George V.
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[edit] Early life
Her Highness Princess and Landgravine Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, third daughter of Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel and his wife, Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen, was born at Rumpenheim Castle, Cassel, Germany. Her father, Landgrave Frederick, was the youngest son of The Princess Mary, third daughter of George II. In 1803, her uncle assumed the title of Elector of Hesse — whereby the whole extended Hesse-Cassel dynasty gained an upward notch in hierarchy, including young Augusta.
[edit] Marriage
On 7 May, at Cassel, and then, again, on 1 June 1818, Princess Augusta married her second cousin, the Duke of Cambridge, when she was 21 and he 43. Upon their marriage, Augusta gained the style HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had three children.
From 1818 until the accession of Queen Victoria, and the separation of the British and Hanoverian crowns in 1837, the Duchess of Cambridge lived in Hanover, where the Duke served as viceroy on behalf of his brothers, George IV and William IV. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge returned to Great Britain, where they lived at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, and later at St. James's Palace. The Duchess of Cambridge survived her husband by thirty-nine years, dying at the age of ninety-one.
[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms
[edit] Titles and styles
- 25 July 1797 – 7 May 1818: Her Highness Princess and Landgravine Augusta of Hesse-Cassel
- 7 May 1818 – 6 April 1889: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge
[edit] Ancestry
[edit] Issue
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had three children:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Prince George, Duke of Cambridge | 26 March 1819 | 17 March 1904 | married, 1847, Sarah Louisa Fairbrother; had issue |
| Augusta of Cambridge | 19 July 1822 | 4 December 1916 | married, 1843, Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; had issue |
| Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge | 27 November 1833 | 27 October 1897 | married, 1866, Francis, Duke of Teck; had issue, including Mary of Teck, queen consort to George V |
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