Princess Augusta of Württemberg

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Princess Augusta

Cabinet portrait of Princess Augusta of Württemberg

Born| (1826-10-04)4 October 1826
Stuttgart
Died| 3 December 1898(1898-12-03) (aged 72)
Stuttgart
Burial| 6 December 1898

Prague Cemetery, Stuttgart

Spouse|

Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

(m. 1851)​

Issue| Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Father| William I of Württemberg
Mother| Pauline of Württemberg

Princess Augusta of Württemberg (4 October 1826 in Stuttgart - 3 December 1898, ibid.) was a daughter of King William I of Württemberg and his wife, Pauline of Württemberg.

## Life

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Augusta was the third and last child of her parents' marriage. She was described as unattractive, but cheerful and wise. On 17 June 1851, she married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach. He was her age and served in the Cavalry of Württemberg as an officer. Later that year, he was promoted from Rittmeister to lieutenant colonel. In 1853, he was promoted to commander of the guards regiment.

Weimar Palace at Neckarstraße 25 was, for many years, the center of an artistically oriented social life. In 1865, Hermann left the army with the rank of lieutenant general, because he was denied further promotions. He had tried to become King Charles's adjutant general and imperial governor of Alsace-Lorraine but was unsuccessful. For lack of other activities, Prince Weimar, as he was called in Stuttgart, supported social, patriotic and artistic societies.

## Issue

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Hermann and Augusta had six children:

* Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852-1904)

married in 1873 to Hereditary Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-1894)

* Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1853-1924)

married in 1885 to Princess Gerta of Isenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach (1863-1945)

* Prince Bernhard Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1855-1907), from 1901 "Count of Crayenburg", married

1. in 1900 to Marie Louise Brockmüller (1866-1903)
2. in 1905 to Countess Elisabeth von der Schulenburg (1869-1940)

* Prince Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1857-1891)
* Prince Ernest of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1859-1909)
* Princess Olga of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1869-1924)

married in 1902 to Prince Leopold of Isenburg-Büdingen (1866-1933), eldest son of Karl, Prince of Isenburg-Büdingen.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Württemberg

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| 4\. Frederick I of Württemberg|

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| 9\. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

| 2\. William I of Württemberg|

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| 10\. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

| 5\. Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|

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| 11\. Princess Augusta of Great Britain

| 1\. Princess Augusta of Württemberg|
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| 12\. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (= 8)

| 6\. Duke Louis of Württemberg|

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| 13\. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (= 9)

| 3\. Duchess Pauline Therese of Württemberg|

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| 14\. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

| 7\. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg|

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| 15\. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

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## References

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* Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, and Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4

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Princesses of Württemberg by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King of Württemberg in 1805.

1st Generation|

* Catharina, Queen of Westphalia

2nd Generation|

* Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands
* Catherine, Princess Frederick of Württemberg1
* Augusta, Princess Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
* Pauline, Duchess of Nassau

3rd Generation|

* none

4th Generation|

* Pauline, Princess of Wied

1also a Princess of Württemberg by marriage

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Princesses of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by marriage

Generations are numbered from the ascension of Karl August as Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1809 and later Grand Duke in 1815

1st generation|

* Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
* Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen

2nd generation|

* Princess Sophie of the Netherlands
* Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox1
* Princess Augusta of Württemberg

3rd generation|

* Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach2

5th generation|

* Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein

7th generation|

* none

* 1recognized as a princess by marriage in the United Kingdom
* 2also a Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by birth

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National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
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Other|

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