Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar ( Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox; 14 January 1827 – 3 April 1904) was a British aristocrat whose marriage to

Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, , PC(Ire) (11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902) was a British military officer of German parents. After a career in the Grenadier Guards, he became Major General commanding the Brigade o ...

made her a kinswoman of the British Royal Family and a member of the royal family. Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox was born on 14 January 1827 at

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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, (3 August 179121 October 1860), of Goodwood House near Chichester in West Sussex, was a British peer, soldier and prominent Conservative politician. Origins He was born "Charles Lennox", the son an ...

(1791–1860) and his wife Lady Caroline Paget (1796–1874), daughter of

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a member ...

. She descends in the male line from

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, (29 July 167227 May 1723), of Goodwood House near Chichester in Sussex, was the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II, and was that king's only son by his French-b ...

, illegitimate son of King

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by his mistress Louise de Kérouaille. On 27 November 1851, Lady Augusta Katherine married,

morganatically Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spou ...

(1823–1902) at

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. He was a son of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife

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, the sister of

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, queen consort of King

William IV of the United Kingdom William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...

. Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox was created ''Gräfin von Dornburg'' (Countess of Dornburg) by the uncle of her future husband

Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Charles Frederick (german: Karl Friedrich; 2 February 1783 – 8 July 1853) was the reigning Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Biography Born in Weimar, he was the eldest son of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Luise Au ...

the day before the wedding. They had no children. In 1885,

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granted her permission to share her husband's princely title. Henceforth she was known as ''Her Serene Highness Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar'', albeit only in Great Britain, while in Germany she remained only ''Countess of Dornburg''. Her husband died on 16 November 1902 and she died on 3 April 1904 aged 77 in London.

Titles

*14 January 1827 - 26 November 1851: Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox *26 November 1851 - 1885: Augusta Katherine, Countess of Dornburg *1885 - 3 April 1904: ''Her Serene Highness'' Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar

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