Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (6 August 1843 – 11 November 1919) was the daughter of
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife
Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel. She was the mother of
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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.
Family and early life
Augusta was the only daughter of the
Duke
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and
Duchess
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of
Saxe-Meiningen. Her only sibling was
Georg
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, who would succeed their father in 1866. Georg was seventeen years older than she was.
Augusta's paternal grandparents were
Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (4 February 1761 in Frankfurt – 24 December 1803 in Meiningen), was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1782 to 1803. He was known as a reformer and considered a model prince by many of his peers.
Family
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and
Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Her maternal grandparents were
William II, Elector of Hesse and
Princess Augusta of Prussia
Augusta of Prussia (Christine Friederike Auguste; 1 May 1780 – 19 February 1841) was a German salonist, painter, and Electress consort of Hesse by marriage to William II, Elector of Hesse. She was the third daughter and fifth child of Frede ...
, daughter of
Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William II (german: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inherita ...
.
Like her brother, Augusta was born in
Meiningen
Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 25,000 (2021). . Despite the large age difference, they seemed to have a good relationship. He was a great lover of theatre; in 1856, he wrote his parents stating how happy he was that Augusta was allowed to attend the theatre and how their mother was more tolerant than she had been when he was a child, when she had declared that no child under thirteen should be allowed in the theatre.
Marriage
On 15 October 1862, Augusta married
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg in
Meiningen
Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 25,000 (2021). . He was fourteen years older, and was a younger son of
Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and
Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. They had five children:
Honours
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Ernestine duchies
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: Insignia of the
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* : Dame of the Order of Theresa
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, in Diamonds
Ancestry
References
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1843 births
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