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Données personnelles Auguste Princess of (Auguste, Princess of) Saxe-Gotha [Wikibio] 

• Prénom Auguste, Princess of.
• Elle est née le 30 novembre 1719 dans Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
• Elle est décédée le 8 février 1772 dans Carlton Hours, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, elle avait 52 ans.

  Oorzaak: cancer at age 52 and after more than two decades as a widow

• Elle est enterrée le 15 février 1772 dans Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
• Un enfant de Frederick II Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg et Magdalena Augusta Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 6 avril 2023.

Famille de Auguste Princess of (Auguste, Princess of) Saxe-Gotha [Wikibio]

Elle est mariée avec Frederick Prince of Wales of the United Kingdom.

Ils se sont mariés le 8 mai 1736 à Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, Middlesex, England, elle avait 16 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Augusta Princess of Great Britain  1737-1813 
2. George III Hanover King of the United Kingdom  1738-1820 
3. Edward Duke of York  1739-1767
4. Elizabeth Princess of England  1740-1759
5. William Henry Prince of England  1743-1805 
6. Henry. Prince of England Duke of Cumberland  1745-1790
7. Louisa Princess of England  -1768
8. Frederick Prince of England  1750-1765
9. Caroline Matilda Princess of England  1751-1775 

Notes par Auguste Princess of (Auguste, Princess of) Saxe-Gotha [Wikibio]

Probably a Charlemagne descendant

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Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Princess of Wales
A portrait of Augusta at the time of her marriage
Portrait by Charles Philips, 1736
Born30 November 1719
Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Died8 February 1772 (aged 52)
Carlton House, London, England
Burial15 February 1772
Westminster Abbey
SpouseFrederick, Prince of Wales

​(m. 1736; died 1751)
Issue
Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
George III of the United Kingdom
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
Princess Elizabeth
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
Princess Louisa
Prince Frederick
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway
HouseSaxe-Gotha-Altenburg
FatherFrederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
MotherPrincess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (30 November [O.S. 19 November] 1719 – 8 February 1772)[1] was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, son and heir of King George II. She never became queen consort, as Frederick predeceased his father in 1751. Augusta's eldest son succeeded her father-in-law as King George III in 1760. After her spouse died, Augusta was presumptive regent of Great Britain in the event of a regency until her son reached majority in 1756.

Contents
1Early life
2Princess of Wales
3Princess Dowager
4Kew Gardens
5Issue
6Legacy
7Cultural Depictions
7.1Movies And TV Series
7.2Literature
8Ancestors
9References
10External links
Early life
Princess Augusta was born in Gotha to Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676–1732) and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679–1740). Her paternal grandfather was Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, eldest surviving son of 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 the eldest daughter of the King of Prussia. A marriage alliance between Great Britain and Prussia had been an ambition for many years. However, when George II suggested that his eldest son would marry the eldest (unmarried) daughter of the King of Prussia, while his second (unmarried) daughter would marry the eldest son of the Prussian king, the King of Prussia demanded that his eldest son should likewise marry the eldest (unmarried) daughter of the King of Great Britain, and George II refused to agree to this demand.[2]

Around the time the Prussian plan was cancelled, there were rumours that Frederick might marry Lady Diana Spencer, granddaughter of the Duchess of Marlborough, and that such a marriage had been proposed when he visited the duchess's lodge at Richmond.[2] Queen Caroline felt a need to arrange a marriage for her son quickly, in order to preempt any possibility of such a mésalliance. She therefore suggested to the king that, when he next visited Hanover, he should also visit Saxe-Gotha 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 to be financially independent of his father.[3]

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.[2] She arrived in Britain, speaking virtually no English, for a wedding ceremony which took place almost immediately, on 8 May 1736, at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London.[4]

Princess of Wales

One of the first portraits of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha as Princess of Wales by William Hogarth, 1736–1738, National Museum in Warsaw
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha left Hellevoetsluis 17 April 1736 and arrived at Greenwich on the royal yacht 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, London, where she met the rest of the royal family, followed by the wedding ceremony at the Royal Chapel. 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 submission.[2]

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, told her to stop.[2] Frederick took advantage of her inexperience when he had his then lover, Lady Archibald Hamilton, employed as her lady of the bedchamber after convincing her that there was no truth in the rumour of his affair.[2] Augusta and Frederick had nine children, the last born after Frederick's death.[5]

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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]

Augusta and her family in 1739, by Van Loo
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 son. The birth of their first daughter, 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, in order to prevent his hated parents from being present at the birth.[2] The delivery was traumatic: St James 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.[2] 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."[2]

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 rebellion in 1745 pressured them to.[2] 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.[2] On some occasions, the children of Augusta were made to give amateur theater performances for their guests, notably on 4 January 1749, when George, Augusta, Elizabeth, Edward and some of their playmates acted in the tragedy of Cato.[2]

Princess Dowager

Augusta as Dowager Princess of Wales, mother of the future king, by Liotard, 1754.
On 31 March 1751, Frederick unexpectedly died, making Augusta a widow. 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!"[6]: 4–5

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.[6] 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.[6] 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.[6] This caused a controversy and opposition from Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, who had expected to be given that role instead.[6]

During the remaining years of the reign of George II, Augusta chose to live in seclusion with her children, devoting herself to their care.[6] 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 honored the same way by the public as well as the court.[6]

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.[6] Shortly after being widowed, she began to be influenced by John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, her son's tutor, and rumours spread that they were having an affair. This was due to her being adamant that Bute was visiting her, and not her son, during his back door visits to tutor the prince. Both were pilloried in the press.

As her eldest son came of age, the king attempted to arrange a marriage. His favoured choice was a princess of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel or a princess of Prussia, but Augusta refused, favouring a member of her own family, the House of Saxe-Gotha.[6]

On 25 October 1760, her son succeeded his grandfather as George III. The year after his succession, he married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her relationship with her daughter-in-law was not a good one. Augusta reportedly made it difficult for Charlotte to establish social contacts by referring to court etiquette.[7] 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.[7] When Charlotte turned to her German companions for friends, she was criticised by Augusta for keeping favourites, notably her close confidant Juliane von Schwellenberg.[7]

Augusta had an acknowledged political influence upon her son, who "strove to follow the counsels she gave", and in which he trusted.[6] Reportedly, she was in turn influenced by Lord Bute, who was appointed prime minister with her support in 1762.[6] 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.[6] 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 Wilkes, for 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 Mortimer, Lothario, and I known 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. 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".[6]

Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, by 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.[7] The Regency Bill of 1765 stated that if the King should become permanently unable to rule, Charlotte was to become Regent.[7] 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".[6]

Augusta reportedly resented the marriages of her younger sons, which took place without her consent.[6]

In 1769, the spouse of her daughter 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.[8] 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.[8] 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.[8]

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 Bernstorff, in which Caroline Matilda was rumoured to have participated.[6] 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!"[6]

Augusta died of cancer of the throat at age 52 at Carlton House.

Kew Gardens
Princess Augusta enlarged and greatly extended Kew Gardens after her husband's death. Sir William Chambers built several garden structures for her. One of these, the lofty Great Pagoda built in 1761, still remains.[9]

Arms as Princess of Wales

Issue
Name[10]BirthDeathNotes
Princess Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick31 July 173723 March 1813Married, 1764, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; had issue.
George III4 June 173829 January 1820Married, 1761, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; had issue.
Prince Edward, Duke of York25 March 173917 September 1767Died aged twenty-eight, unmarried.
Princess Elizabeth10 January 17414 September 1759Died aged eighteen, unmarried.
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester25 November 174325 August 1805Married, 1766, Maria, Countess Waldegrave; had issue.
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland7 November 174518 September 1790Married, 1771, Anne Luttrell; no issue.
Princess Louisa19 March 174913 May 1768Died aged nineteen, unmarried.
Prince Frederick13 May 175029 December 1765Died aged fifteen, unmarried.
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway11 July 175110 May 1775Married, 1766, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway; had issue.
Legacy
Several places in British America were named in honour of Augusta:

Augusta, Georgia[11]
Augusta County, Virginia[12]
Fort Augusta, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania[13]
Cultural Depictions
Movies And TV Series
Michelle Fairley will portray Princess Augusta Saxe Gotha in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023)
Harriet Walter portrayed her in A Royal Affair (2012)
Literature
she was a minor character in The Lost Queen – (1969) novel by Norah Lofts
Ancestors
Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha[14]
References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Williamson, David (1986). Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain. Salem House. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-88162-213-3.
Finch, Barbara Clay: Lives of the princesses of Wales. Part II
Van der Kiste, John (1997) George II and Queen Caroline. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1321-5. p 154
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
Campbell Orr, Clarissa (2004). Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Cambridge University Press. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-5218-1422-5.
Finch, Barbara Clay: Lives of the princesses of Wales. Part III Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Fitzgerald, Percy: The Good Queen Charlotte (1899)
August Fjelstrup: Damerne ved Karoline Mathildes Hof, 1909.
"Augusta, Princess of Wales". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
Wilkins, William Henry (1904). A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (Complete). Library of Alexandria. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-4656-0740-9.
"History". City of Augusta, Georgia. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
"History". Augusta County, Virginia. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Thorell, Margaret Murray (2014). Sunbury. Arcadia Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-4671-2071-5. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 102. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
External links
A short profile of Augusta alongside other influential women of her time
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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