Augustus Frederick, 1st Duke of Sussex
August Friedrich, 1st Duke of Sussex (born January 27, 1773 in Buckingham Palace , London , † April 21, 1843 in Kensington Palace , London) was the sixth son of King George III. of Great Britain and Ireland and Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
Life
On April 4, 1793, he married the daughter of the Scottish nobleman John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore , Lady Augusta Murray (1768-1830) without the knowledge of both parents. His former fellow student at the University of Göttingen, Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster , brought the two of them from Rome to London on behalf of the English court . Although the marriage was annulled the following year, they lived together until 1801. The children from this marriage, whose common name was " d'Este " , were:
- Augustus Frederick d'Este (born January 13, 1794 in Essex , † December 28, 1848 in Kensington Gore )
- Auguste Emma d'Este , later Lady Truro (born August 11, 1801 in London ; † May 21, 1866 ibid) ∞ Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro
In 1794 he was sent out of the country again, accompanied by Münster to Italy, where both of them studied art and culture in different places for the next five years, but also maintained relationships at the Italian courts. On November 27, 1801 he was given the hereditary titles Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness and Baron Arklow . The titles belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom . In 1813 he was elected the first Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England . He held this office until his death in 1843. From 1830 to 1838 he was President of the Royal Society in London. In 1830 the Bavarian Academy of Sciences made him an honorary member. Since 1831 he was also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . At the suggestion of Alexander von Humboldt , he had geomagnetic stations set up worldwide from 1836. After Augusta's death, on May 2, 1831, he married Lady Cecilia Buggin (1793–1873), who was raised in 1840 to Duchess of Inverness .
August Friedrich was buried on May 5, 1843 in the Kensal Green Cemetery , as was his second wife after her death in 1873. Since he did not leave a legitimate heir, his titles of nobility expired upon his death.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estonians . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 5, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 866.
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 14, 2020 .
literature
- The death of the Duke of Sussex . In: Illustrirte Zeitung . No. 3 . J. J. Weber, Leipzig July 15, 1843, p. 35-37 ( Wikisource ).
Web links
- https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/opperman/100jahr3/j100304.html
- August von Este: Legal opinion on the claims to title and dignity of a prince
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Augustus Frederick, 1st Duke of Sussex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | August Friedrich, Duke of Sussex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Prince, Duke of Sussex |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buckingham Palace , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1843 |
| Place of death | Kensington Palace , London |