Auguste of Hesse
Auguste von Hessen , full name: Auguste Wilhelmine Louise von Hessen (* July 25, 1797 at Rumpenheim Castle near Offenbach am Main ; † April 6, 1889 at St James's Palace in London ) was Duchess of Cambridge and Viceroy of Hanover by marriage .
Life
Auguste was the third daughter of Landgrave Friedrich III. von Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (1747-1837) and his wife Caroline Polyxene von Nassau-Usingen (1762-1823). She grew up in Kassel and Aarhus , where her father served as a general in the Danish army. Her father was a grandson of the British King and Hanoverian Elector George II through his mother, Princess Maria of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover .
On May 7, 1818, Princess Auguste married her cousin (second degree) Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), the seventh son of, on June 1, 1818 in Buckingham Palace in London, by procura in Kassel British King George III and his wife Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz . The marriage had three children:
- George William Frederick Charles (1819–1904)
- ⚭ 1847 ( morganatic marriage ) Sarah Louisa Fairbrother (1816–1890)
- Augusta Karoline Charlotte Elisabeth Mary (1822-1916)
- ⚭ 1843 Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819–1904)
- Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth (1833–1897), mother of the future Queen Mary
- ⚭ 1866 Duke Franz von Teck (1837–1900)
After Hanover was liberated from Napoleonic occupation in 1813 , her husband, Adolphus Frederik , was appointed military governor and royal representative in Hanover by his brother, Prince Regent Georg (IV.) (1762–1830) . From 1830 to 1837 the next brother, King Wilhelm IV (1765–1837), installed Adolphus Frederik as viceroy in Hanover. After his brother Ernst August (1771-1851) took office as King of Hanover in 1837, the couple returned to England , because there was no longer any hope of the crown of Hanover.
ancestors
| Wilhelm VIII. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich II. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1785) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxony-Zeitz (1691–1743) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich of Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (1747–1837) | |||||||||||||
| George II King of Great Britain (1683–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Mary of Great Britain (1723–1772) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683–1737) | |||||||||||||
| Auguste of Hesse | |||||||||||||
| Karl von Nassau-Usingen (1712–1775) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Wilhelm von Nassau-Usingen (1735–1803) | |||||||||||||
| Christine Wilhelmine Duchess of Saxony-Eisenach (1711–1740) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823) | |||||||||||||
| Christian Karl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1695–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Felicitas of Leiningen-Langsberg-Heidesheim (1734–1810) | |||||||||||||
| Katharina Polyxena von Solms-Rödelheim (1702–1765) | |||||||||||||
Web links
- Auguste Wilhelmine Luise Princess of Hessen-Kassel on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 21, 2015.
- Cambridge, Duchess Auguste of. Hessian biography. (As of January 8, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hessen, Auguste von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cambridge, Auguste of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Cambridge, Vice Queen of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rumpenheim Castle , Kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1889 |
| Place of death | St James's Palace , London |