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, mother = Amalie of Hesse-Homburg , birth_date = , birth_place = Dessau,

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Rudolstadt Rudolstadt is a town in the German federal state Thuringia, with the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north. The former capital of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the town is built along the River Saale inside a wide v ...

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Princess Amalie ''Auguste'' of Anhalt-Dessau (german: link=no, Prinzessin Amalie Auguste

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Anhalt-Dessau Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into t ...

; 18 August 1793 – 12 June 1854) was a German princess of

who was

Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg Countess of Schwarzburg (Incomplete), 1197–1552 Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Countess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, 1552–1697 Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, 1697–1918 Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzb ...

from 1816 to 1854 as the wife of

Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (6 November 1793 – 28 June 1867) was a sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Biography He was born in Rudolstadt the second son of the reigning prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Louis ...

Early life

Auguste was born on 18 August 1793 in Dessau as the eldest child of

, and his wife,

Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg , title = Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau , image = Johann Friedrich August Tischbein - Christiane Amalie Erbprinzessin von Anhalt-Dessau.jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , ...

(daughter of

Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was born under Europe's Ancie ...

Marriage and issue

On 15 April 1816 she was married in Dessau to her first cousin, Frederick Günther, reigning

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(son of

Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Rudolstadt, 9 August 1767 – Rudolstadt, 28 April 1807) was from 1793 to 1807 reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Life Louis Frederick was born on 9 August 1767 in Rudolstadt and ...

, and his wife, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg). They had three sons: *Prince Friedrich Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1818–1821) *Prince Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1821–1845) *Prince Gustav of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1828–1837)

Death

Princess Auguste died on 12 June 1854 in

. Her widower, Prince Frederick Günther, remarried her own niece, Countess Helene of Reina (1835–1860),

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daughter of her brother

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in 1855. Her younger brother ruled the unified

duchy of Anhalt The Duchy of Anhalt (german: Herzogtum Anhalt) was a historical German duchy. The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the river Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east. The territory was once ruled by the House ...

from 1863 until his death in 1871 as Leopold IV.

Ancestors

References

* L. Renovanz: ''Chronik der fürstl. Schwarzburgischen Residenzstadt Rudolstadt'', S. 49, L. Renovanz, 1860 * S. Obbarius: ''Rudolstadt u. seine romantischen Umgebungen'', L. Renovanz, 1853 {{DEFAULTSORT:Anhalt-Dessau, Auguste of 1793 births 1854 deaths House of Ascania House of Schwarzburg People from Anhalt-Dessau Auguste Princesses of Schwarzburg Royal reburials