Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel

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Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel
Duchess of Cambridge
Spouse Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Issue
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Augusta of Cambridge
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
Full name
Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa
Titles and styles
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
HH Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
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(1797-07-25)
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 17976 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 17977 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
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