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Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (1719¿1772) by Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 ¿ Twickenham 1779) Crédito/proveedor ©National Trust Images: Software usado: Orphea Studio 4: Versión IIM: 2: Título breve: CMS_PCF_766114: Comentario de archivo JPEG: LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01; LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01
Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719-72) Augusta was the daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. She married Frederick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of George II who died in 1757 before becoming King. Augusta's role as collector or patron is perhaps most notable in portraiture.
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Princess Augusta was born in Gotha on 30 November 1719, she was the daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676-1732) and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1676-1740). As a shy young girl at the age of just sixteen, Augusta was sent to England to marry twenty nine year old Frederick, Prince of Wales , the heir to the British throne and eldest son of King George II and ...
Augusta was the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was brought up in Gotha, Germany. In 1735 she was summoned to Hannover meet George II, who was seeking a bride for his son, Frederick, Prince of Wales. It was recorded that after interviewing Augusta the King was ‘so impressed by her deference to him, her affability ...
Mother of George III Augusta was the thirteenth child of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Gotha - a small German state. When she was sixteen she married Frederick, Prince of Wales, the son of George II. Well liked by everyone in England, she had greater skill in politics than she was initially given credit for, and she made particular use of her position as wife of the heir to the throne. After the ...
In 1777 he was also in London as one of three godparents to Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, his first cousin once removed (Sophia's father's mother Augusta was August's father's younger sister). Considered to be an enlightened, open-minded and progressive prince, he gathered a witty circle around him at his palace in Gotha from 1778 onwards.
