Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau | |||||
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Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |||||
Born |
Dessau, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire |
18 August 1793||||
Died | 12 June 1854 Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
(aged 60)||||
Burial | Rudolstadt | ||||
Spouse | Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | ||||
Issue | Prince Frederick Günther Prince Günther Prince Gustav |
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House | Ascania | ||||
Father | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
Mother | Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
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German: Amalie Auguste |
Princess Amalie Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (German: Prinzessin Amalie Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau; 18 August 1793 – 12 June 1854) was a German princess of Anhalt-Dessau who was Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt from 1816 to 1854 as the wife of Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Auguste was born on 18 August 1793 in Dessau as the eldest child of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and his wife, Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg (daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg).
On 15 April 1816 she was married in Dessau to her first cousin, Frederick Günther, reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (son of Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and his wife, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg). They had three sons:
Princess Auguste died on 12 June 1854 in Rudolstadt. Her widower, Prince Frederick Günther, remarried a daughter of her brother George in 1855.