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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 ...
The Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens in southwest London was built in 1761 by Sir William Chambers as a present for Princess Augusta, the founder of the gardens. Constructed of grey brick, the pagoda comprises 10 storeys, totalling 163 ft (50 m) in height, [2] with 253 steps to the viewing gallery. [3] Closed for repairs in 2006, the pagoda was ...
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain (31 July 1737 – 23 March 1813) was a granddaughter of George II and the only elder sibling of George III. She married into the ducal house of Brunswick, of which she was already a member. Her daughter Caroline was the wife of George IV.
Her Royal Highness Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louisa, Royal Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was born on 19 July 1822 at the Montbrillant Palace in Hanover, the elder daughter of Prince Adolphus and Princess Augusta, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
25 de abr. de 2023 · Augusta was no great beauty; she reportedly had a “loose mouth and a long face” and someone once remarked she looked like “a vicar’s wife”. That said, there were consolations. She was George’s favorite sister, and after he officially became King George III in 1760, her impeccable pedigree and close relationship to the monarch made her a hot commodity on the marriage market.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Augusta was presumptive Regent of Great Britain in the event of a regency between the death of her spouse in 1751, until the majority of her son in 1754. HRH Augusta was born in the german Duchy of Gotha to Frederick II Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676–1732) and his wife Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1676–1740).
The focus on Kew Gardens demonstrates the great impact the Princess had in Kew’s redevelopment and the constructions of the Pagoda, the Orangery and the Temple of the Sun. Augusta began the Physic and Exotic Garden around 1759 with seeds, exotic plants, and trees being sent from abroad; by 1768 the herbaceous collection had over 2,700 species.
