Auguste Louise of Württemberg-Oels (21 January 1698 - 4 January 1739), was a Duchess of Württemberg-Oels by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby. Born in Bernstadt (now called

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), the capital of the

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, she was the only child of Duke Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels and his third wife, Sophie Wilhelmine, a daughter of

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. Her mother died fourteen days after her birth (4 February 1698), probably from childbirth complications. From her father's two previous marriages, Auguste Louise had fourteen older half-siblings, of whom only four survive adulthood: Louise Elisabeth (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt), Sophie Angelika (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt) -both born from Christian Ulrich I's first marriage with

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Charles Frederick II, Duke of Württemberg-Oels Charles Frederick II of Württemberg-Oels (7 February 1690 in Merseburg – 14 December 1761 in Oleśnica) was a Duke of Oels-Württemberg and Regent of the Duchy of Württemberg. Life Charles Frederick was a son of the Duke Christian Ulr ...

and

Christian Ulrich II, Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort Duke Christian Ulrich II of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort (27 January 1691 at Vielguth Castle nearby Oleśnica – 7 February 1734 in Stuttgart) was Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort. Life Christian Ulrich II was the youngest son of the Duke ...

-both born from Christian Ulrich I's second marriage with Sibylle Maria of Saxe-Merseburg-.

Life

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on 18 February 1721, Auguste Louise married George Albert, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby. Only eight years later, in 1728, George Albert inherited the paternal domains. The union, complete unhappy and childless, ended in divorce in 1732. Auguste Louise retired to Skarsine Castle in

, where she died aged 40, and five months before her former husband. She was buried in the ''Schloss Stadtkirche St.Johannis'', Oels.Württemberg-Weiltingen line in: Royaltyguide.nl
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