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{{Short description|Princess of Wales; mother of George III}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
| title        = [[Princess of Wales]]
| image        = Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719–1772), Princess of Wales - 766114 - National Trust.jpg
| caption      = Portrait by [[Thomas Hudson (painter)|Thomas Hudson]], 1750
| alt          = A portrait of Augusta at the time of her marriage
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]|1736|1751|end=d}}
| issue        = {{plainlist|
* [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain|Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]
* [[George III]]
* [[Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany]]
* [[Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain|Princess Elizabeth]]
* [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]]
* [[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn]]
* [[Princess Louisa of Great Britain|Princess Louisa]]
* [[Prince Frederick of Great Britain|Prince Frederick]]
* [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway]]
}}
| house        = [[House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg|Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
| father       = [[Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
| mother       = [[Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
| signature    = Signature of Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.svg
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1719|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]], Duchy of [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1772|2|8|1719|11|30|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Carlton House, London|Carlton House]], [[London]], [[England]]
| burial_date  = 15 February 1772
| burial_place = [[Westminster Abbey]]
}}
'''Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg''' ({{OldStyleDate|30 November|1719|19 November}} – 8 February 1772)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain |last=Williamson |first=David |date=1986 |publisher=Salem House |isbn=978-0-88162-213-3 |page=157}}</ref> was [[Princess of Wales]] by marriage to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], eldest son and [[heir apparent]] of King [[George II of Great Britain|George II]]. She never became [[queen consort]], as Frederick predeceased his father in 1751. Augusta's eldest son succeeded her father-in-law as [[George III]] in 1760. After her spouse died, Augusta was the presumptive regent of Great Britain in the event of a regency, until her son reached [[Age of majority|majority]] in 1756.

==Early life==
[[File:Augusta as child.jpg|left|thumb|Augusta as a child]]
Princess Augusta was born in [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]] to [[Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]] and [[Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst]]. Her paternal grandfather was [[Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]], eldest surviving son of [[Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha|Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]].

In 1736, it was proposed that she marry 29-year-old [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of [[George II of Great Britain]] and his queen consort [[Caroline of Ansbach]]. Originally, Frederick was intended to marry Princess [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia|Louisa Ulrika]], eldest unmarried daughter of [[Frederick William I of Prussia]]. A marriage alliance between [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] had been an ambition for many years. However, when George II suggested that his eldest son would marry Louisa Ulrika, while [[Princess Caroline of Great Britain|his second (unmarried) daughter]] would marry [[Frederick the Great|the eldest son]] of the Prussian king, Frederick William demanded that his eldest son should likewise marry the [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|eldest (unmarried) daughter]] of the king of Great Britain, and George II refused to agree to this demand.<ref name=Finchp284>Finch, Barbara Clay: [https://archive.org/stream/livesofprincesse02finc#page/284/mode/2up Lives of the princesses of Wales. Part II]</ref>

Around the time the Prussian plan was cancelled, there were rumours that Frederick might marry [[Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford]], granddaughter of [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]], and that such a marriage had been proposed when he visited the Duchess's lodge at Richmond.<ref name=Finchp284/> Queen Caroline felt a need to arrange a marriage for her son quickly, to preempt any possibility of such a mésalliance. She therefore suggested to the King that, when he next visited the [[Electorate of Hanover]], he should also visit [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]] and view the princesses there. The King did so, and informed the Queen that he considered Augusta suitable. When the matter was broached with Frederick, he simply replied that he would accept any bride his father decided was suitable for him. His attitude arose from a desire to obtain an additional allowance from [[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament]] to be financially independent of his father.<ref>Van der Kiste, John (1997) George II and Queen Caroline. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7509-1321-5}}. p 154</ref>

Augusta did not speak French or English, and it was suggested that she be given lessons before the wedding, but her mother did not consider it necessary, as the British royal family were from Germany.<ref name=Finchp284/> She arrived in Britain, speaking virtually no English, aged 16, for a wedding ceremony which took place almost immediately, on {{OldStyleDate|8 May|1736|27 April}}, at the [[Chapel Royal]] in [[St James's Palace, London]].<ref>John Burke and Bernard Burke, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' 60 (Burke's Peerage, 1898), cxv; and online genealogy: gw.geneanet.org/tdowling</ref>

At the time of her wedding, Augusta was described as tall and slender, with regular features, an oval face, and light brown hair. Contemporary accounts noted that although her figure was still developing, she was considered likely to become attractive, and her eyes were described as bright and expressive.<ref name="A1">{{cite web|title=THE MOTHER OF GEORGE III. Augusta, Princess of Wales|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/923364632/?match=1&terms=augusta%20princess%20wales|access-date=16 August 2025|date=31 December 1903|work=The Evening Star}}</ref>

==Princess of Wales==
[[File:Hogarth Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.jpg|thumb|left|upright|One of the first portraits of Augusta by [[William Hogarth]], 1736–1738]]

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha left [[Hellevoetsluis]] 17 April 1736 and arrived at [[Greenwich]] on the royal yacht ''[[HMY William & Mary (1694)|William and Mary]]'' on the 25th, where she was welcomed by her groom. On 27 April 1736, she was escorted to [[St James's Palace]], where she met the rest of the royal family. When she was introduced to the royal family, she made a favourable impression on the King and Queen by throwing herself on the floor before them in a gesture of respect.<ref name=Finchp284/> The wedding ceremony was held at the Royal Chapel inside St. James's Palace the same day (27 April [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]], 8 May [[Old Style and New Style dates|N.S]].)

During the first year of marriage, Augusta could be seen playing with her doll in the windows of her residence, until her sister-in-law, [[Princess Caroline of Great Britain|Princess Caroline]], told her to stop.<ref name=Finchp284/> Frederick took advantage of her inexperience when he had his then lover, [[Lady Archibald Hamilton]], employed as her [[First Lady of the Bedchamber]], after convincing Augusta that there was no truth in the rumour of his affair.<ref name=Finchp284/> Augusta and Frederick had nine children, the last born after Frederick's death.<ref>{{cite book|last=Campbell Orr|first=Clarissa |title=Queenship in Europe 1660–1815: The Role of the Consort |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QORvlXsmsYQC|publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004|page=350 |isbn=978-0-5218-1422-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/hamilton-hon-charles-1704-86 |accessdate=5 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006140943/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/hamilton-hon-charles-1704-86 |archivedate=6 October 2015 |title=HAMILTON, Hon. Charles (1704–86), of Painshill, nr. Cobham, Surr. &#124; History of Parliament Online }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/hamilton-hon-george-1697-1775 |accessdate=5 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006142537/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/hamilton-hon-george-1697-1775 |archivedate=6 October 2015 |title=HAMILTON, Hon. George (C.1697–1775). &#124; History of Parliament Online }}</ref>

Frederick once stated that he would never allow himself to be influenced by his consort as his father was, and he thus never made Augusta his confidante.<ref name=Finchp284/> He did, however, instruct her to act in accordance with his wishes in his feud with his parents, and on several occasions, Frederick reportedly instructed her to snub them.<ref name=Finchp284/>
When she attended the service of the German Lutheran Chapel, for example, which was also attended by the Queen, Frederick instructed Augusta to make sure she always arrived after the Queen, so that she would be forced to push in front of the Queen to reach her place. This eventually made the Queen insist that Augusta should be directed to her place by another entrance, which in turn caused Frederick to instruct Augusta to refuse to enter the Chapel if the Queen had arrived before her.<ref name=Finchp284/>

[[File:Augusta, Princess of Wales with Members of her Family and Household.jpg|thumb|285x285px|Augusta and her family in 1739, by [[Jean-Baptiste van Loo|Jean Baptiste van Loo]]. Notably, the man standing to her right is not her husband, but [[William Irby, 1st Baron Boston]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore the Royal Collection online |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/403502/augusta-princess-of-wales-with-members-of-her-family-and-household |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=www.rct.uk |language=en}}</ref>]]

When Augusta's first pregnancy was announced, the Queen stated that she would be sure to witness the birth, to be assured that the pregnancy was indeed genuine. She reportedly wished the succession to pass to her second surviving son, [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]]. The birth of their first daughter, [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain|Princess Augusta]], on 31 July 1737, took place at St James's after the Princess of Wales was forced by Frederick to travel from [[Hampton Court Palace]] while in labour, to prevent his hated parents from being present at the birth.<ref name=Finchp284/> The delivery was traumatic: St James's Palace was not ready to receive them, no bed was prepared, no sheets could be found, and Augusta was forced to give birth on a tablecloth.<ref name=Finchp284/>
Queen Caroline once said of her daughter-in-law and the inconveniences she had inflicted on her: "Poor creature, were she to spit in my face, I should only pity her for being under such a fool's direction, and wipe it off."<ref name=Finchp284/>

The circumstances of the birth of Princess Augusta led to a dispute between the Prince and Princess of Wales and the King and Queen, who were not reconciled until public opinion during the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]] pressured them to.<ref name=Finchp284/> After the reconciliation, the couple became less isolated from high society, allowing courtiers to appear at both courts without giving offence. Augusta made a good impression in society life, where she was described as pretty, elegant, and a gracious hostess.<ref name=Finchp284/> On some occasions, the children of Augusta were made to give amateur theatre performances for their guests, notably on 4 January 1749, when George, Augusta, Elizabeth, Edward and some of their playmates acted in ''[[Cato, a Tragedy]]''.<ref name=Finchp284/>

==Princess dowager==
[[File:Augusta, Princess of Wales 1754 by Liotard.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait by [[Jean-Étienne Liotard]], 1754]]
On 31 March 1751, Frederick unexpectedly died, making Augusta a widow at thirty-two. Dr. Doran described her at the death of her spouse: "She had, throughout her married life exhibited much mental superiority, with great kindness of disposition, and that under circumstances of great difficulty, and sometimes of a character to inflict vexation on the calmest nature. [...] She was then the mother of eight children, expecting shortly to be the mother of a ninth, and she was brought reluctantly to knowledge that their father was no more. It was six in the morning before her attendants could persuade her to retire to bed; but she arose again at eight, and then, with less thought for her grief than anxiety for the honour of him whose death was the cause of it, she proceeded to the Prince's room, and burned the whole of his private papers. By this the world lost some rare supplementary chapters to a Chronique Scandaleuse!"<ref name=n7>Finch, Barbara Clay: [https://archive.org/stream/livesofprincesse03finc#page/n7/mode/2up Lives of the princesses of Wales. Part III] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206061157/http://www.archive.org/stream/livesofprincesse03finc#page/n7/mode/2up |date=6 December 2008 }}</ref>{{rp|4–5}}

[[File:The_Family_of_Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''The Family of Frederick, Prince of Wales'', a group portrait commissioned from [[George Knapton]] by Augusta and completed less than a year after Frederick's death]]
The King reportedly did not show much feeling upon the death of his son and the funeral was simple.<ref name=n7/> On receiving the King's condolences, Augusta replied that she placed herself and her children upon his mercy and protection, and he was evidently touched by her widowhood and minor children, and was willing to show them consideration.<ref name=n7/> Following Frederick's death, her role as mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the throne became a more prominent one, and she was named prospective regent by the king and the parliament, should the King die during the minority of her eldest son, the Prince of Wales.<ref name=n7/> This caused a controversy and opposition from the Duke of Cumberland, who had expected to be given that role instead.<ref name=n7/>

During the remaining years of the reign of George II, Augusta chose to live in seclusion with her children, devoting herself to their care.<ref name=n7/> The few occasions when she did appear in public, the King gave her the same ceremonial role and honours previously given to the Queen, and she was honoured the same way by the public as well as the court.<ref name=n7/>

However, Augusta suffered a loss of popularity as a widow. She was to be criticised for her manner of raising her children, as she isolated them from the outside world into a secluded family environment, seldom meeting people outside the family.<ref name=n7/>

As her eldest son came of age, the King attempted to arrange a marriage. His favoured choice was a princess of [[Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel]] or a princess of Prussia, but Augusta refused, favouring a member of her own family, the House of Saxe-Gotha.<ref name=n7/>

On 25 October 1760, her son succeeded his grandfather as George III. The year after his succession, he married [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. Augusta's relationship with her daughter-in-law was not a good one. She reportedly made it difficult for Charlotte to establish social contacts by referring to rigid court etiquette.<ref name=Fitzgerald>Fitzgerald, Percy: ''The Good Queen Charlotte'' (1899)</ref> Furthermore, she initially appointed a large part of Charlotte's court staff, several of whom were suspected of reporting to Augusta about Charlotte's behaviour.<ref name=Fitzgerald/> When Charlotte turned to her German companions for friends, she was criticised by Augusta for keeping favourites, notably her close confidant [[Juliane von Schwellenberg]].<ref name=Fitzgerald/>

Augusta had an acknowledged political influence upon her son, who "strove to follow the counsels she gave", and in which he trusted.<ref name=n7/> Reportedly, she was in turn influenced by [[John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute]], who was appointed prime minister with her support in 1762.<ref name=n7/> His appointment caused a serious crisis and exposed both Augusta and Bute to such public hostility that Bute had to resign from his post the following year.<ref name=n7/> [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] described the public sentiments and the circulating rumours: "Bute was hated with a rage there have been few examples in English history. He was the butt for everybody's abuse; for [[John Wilkes|Wilkes]], for [[Charles Churchill (satirist)|Churchill]]'s slashing satire, for the hooting of the mob who roasted his booth, his emblem, in a thousand bonfires; that hated him because he was a favourite and a Scotsman, calling him [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|Mortimer]], [[Lothario]], and I know not what names, and accusing his royal mistress of all kinds of names – the grave, lean, demure, elderly woman, who, I dare say, was quite as good as her neighbours. [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|Chatham]] lent the aide of his great malice to influence the popular sentiment against her. He assailed, in the [[House of Lords]], 'The secret influence, more mighty than the throne itself, which betrayed and dogged every administration'. The most furious pamphlets echoed the cry 'Impeach the King's mother', was scribbled over every wall at the Court end of the town".<ref name=n7/>
[[File:Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales by Allan Ramsay.jpg|thumb|Portrait by [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]], 1759]]

When the King had a first, temporary, bout of mental illness in 1765, Augusta and Lord Bute kept Queen Charlotte unaware of the situation.<ref name=Fitzgerald/> The Regency Bill of 1765 stated that if the King should become permanently unable to rule, Charlotte was to become Regent.<ref name=Fitzgerald/> Augusta was suggested as regent, but there was fierce opposition to her appointment, as there were concerns of the influence of Lord Bute in her potential regency, and fears that should she become regent, Bute would de facto rule as "king".<ref name=n7/>

Augusta reportedly resented the marriages of her younger sons, which took place without her consent.<ref name=n7/>

In 1769, the husband of her daughter [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Matilda]], [[Christian VII of Denmark]], visited Great Britain. During his visit, Augusta, upon the initiative of Caroline Matilda, asked him publicly during a dinner to reinstate [[Louise von Plessen]], a favourite of Caroline Matilda whom Christian had fired, to her position.<ref name="August Fjelstrup 1909">August Fjelstrup: Damerne ved Karoline Mathildes Hof, 1909.</ref> He answered that he had made a sacred vow never to do so, but that if Caroline Matilda preferred von Plessen's company over his, so be it.<ref name="August Fjelstrup 1909"/> In the end, Louise von Plessen was not reinstated, and Augusta apparently asked Caroline Matilda not to press the matter and to show more affection to Christian.<ref name="August Fjelstrup 1909"/>

In 1770, rumours about Caroline Matilda, the queen of Denmark, began to circulate. In particular these concerned the mental state of her spouse as well as the fall of prime minister [[Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff]], in which Caroline Matilda was rumoured to have participated.<ref name=n7/> When Augusta visited her eldest daughter in Brunswick that year, she also took the opportunity to see Caroline Matilda, who received her in [[breeches]], which at that time was regarded as scandalous. Upon Augusta's lamentations, her daughter answered: "Pray, madam, allow me to govern my own kingdom as I please!"<ref name=n7/>

Augusta died of throat cancer at the age of 52 at [[Carlton House, London|Carlton House]], and was buried seven days later at [[Westminster Abbey]].

==Kew Gardens==
Princess Augusta enlarged and greatly extended [[Kew Gardens]] after her husband's death. Sir [[William Chambers (architect)|William Chambers]] built several garden structures for her. One of these, the lofty [[Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens|Great Pagoda]] built in 1761, still remains.<ref>{{cite web | website=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
| url = http://www.kew.org/heritage/people/augusta.html 
| title = Augusta, Princess of Wales
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220031111/http://www.kew.org/heritage/people/augusta.html 
| archive-date=20 February 2014 | url-status = dead
}}</ref>

[[File:Coat of Arms of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales.svg|thumb|Arms as Princess of Wales]]

==Issue==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YWuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16 |title=A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (Complete) |last=Wilkins |first=William Henry |date=1904 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4656-0740-9 |pages=16–17 }}</ref>!! Birth !! Death !! Notes
|-
| [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain|Princess Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick]] || 31 July 1737 || 23 March 1813 || Married, 1764, [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]; had issue.
|-
| [[George III]] || 4 June 1738 || 29 January 1820 || Married, 1761, [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]; had issue.
|-
| [[Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany|Prince Edward, Duke of York]] || 25 March 1739 || 17 September 1767 || Died aged twenty-eight, unmarried.
|-
| [[Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain|Princess Elizabeth]] || 10 January 1741 || 4 September 1759 || Died aged eighteen, unmarried.
|-
| [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester]] || 25 November 1743 || 25 August 1805 || Married, 1766, [[Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Maria, Countess Waldegrave]]; had issue.
|-
| [[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn|Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland]] || 7 November 1745 || 18 September 1790 || <!--an alleged marriage to [[Olive Wilmot]] in 1767 did not occur--> Married, 1771, [[Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn|Anne Luttrell]]; no issue.
|-
| [[Princess Louisa of Great Britain|Princess Louisa]] || 19 March 1749 || 13 May 1768 || Died aged nineteen, unmarried.
|-
| [[Prince Frederick of Great Britain|Prince Frederick]] || 13 May 1750 || 29 December 1765 || Died aged fifteen, unmarried.
|-
| [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway]] || 11 July 1751 || 10 May 1775 || Married, 1766, [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway]]; had issue.
|}

==Legacy==
Several places in [[British America]] were named in her honour:
*[[Augusta, Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.augustaga.gov/397/History |title=History |publisher=City of Augusta, Georgia |access-date=27 November 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127220541/https://www.augustaga.gov/397/History |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Augusta County, Virginia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.co.augusta.va.us/visitors/history |title=History |publisher=Augusta County, Virginia |access-date=27 November 2019 |archive-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127220216/https://www.co.augusta.va.us/visitors/history |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Fort Augusta]], [[Northumberland County, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5JWiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 |title=Sunbury |last=Thorell |first=Margaret Murray |date=2014 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-2071-5 |pages=22 |access-date=27 November 2019 |archive-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821220724/https://books.google.com/books?id=5JWiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Michelle Fairley]] portrayed a fictionalised version of Augusta in ''[[Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story]]'' (2023).

==Ancestors==
{{Ahnentafel|collapsed=yes|align=center|ref=<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AINPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA102|title=Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans|publisher=Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel|year=1768|location=Bourdeaux|page=102|language=fr|trans-title=Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living|access-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821220758/https://books.google.com/books?id=AINPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA102|archive-date=21 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;
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|1= 1. '''Augusta, Princess of Wales'''
|2= 2. [[Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
|3= 3. [[Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|4= 4. [[Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
|5= 5. [[Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels]]
|6= 6. [[Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|7= 7. [[Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst]] 
|8= 8. [[Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha]]
|9= 9. [[Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg]]
|10= 10. [[Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]] (= 14)
|11= 11. [[Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (= 15)
|12= 12. [[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|13= 13. [[Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]
|14= 14. [[Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]] (= 10)
|15= 15. [[Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (= 11)
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.rct.uk/collection/people/augusta-princess-of-wales-1719-72#/type/subject Augusta, Princess of Wales] at the official website of the [[Royal Collection Trust]]
*[http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1740.htm A short profile of Augusta alongside other influential women of her time]
*{{NPG name|name=Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales}}

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