Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
| Princess Augusta | |
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| Princess of Wales | |
Portrait by Charles Philips, upon the occasion of her marriage
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| Born |
30 November 1719 Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Died | 8 February 1772 (aged 52) Carlton House, London, England |
| Burial | 15 February 1772 Westminster Abbey |
| Spouse | Frederick, Prince of Wales |
| Issue |
Princess Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick George III Prince Edward, Duke of York Princess Elizabeth Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland Princess Louisa Prince Frederick Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway |
| House | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Father | Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Mother | Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (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 four Princesses of Wales who never became queen consort. 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 was born in Gotha to Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676–1732) and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1676–1740). Her paternal grandfather was Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, eldest surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
In 1736, it was proposed that she marry 29-year-old Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline. Originally, Frederick was intended to marry the eldest daughter of the King of Prussia. A marriage alliance between Great Britain and Prussia had been an ambition for many years. However, when George II suggested that his eldest son would marry the eldest (unmarried) daughter of the King of Prussia, while his second (unmarried) daughter would marry the eldest son of the Prussian king, the King of Prussia demanded that his eldest son should likewise marry the eldest (unmarried) daughter of the King of Great Britain, and George II refused to agree to this demand.
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