Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau
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Amalie Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (18 August 1793 12 June 1854) was a member of the House of Ascania and a Princess
of Anhalt-Dessau
by birth. Through her marriage to Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Amalie became Princess consort
of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
.
as the first child of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
and his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
.
On 15 April 1816 in Dessau, Auguste married Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, son of Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
. They had three children:
. After her death, Prince Frederick Günther married the daughter of her brother George
.
Princess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....
of Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau was a principality and later a duchy located in Germany. It was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. The capital of the state was Dessau. Anhalt-Dessau experienced a number of partitions throughout its existence with Anhalt-Köthen being...
by birth. Through her marriage to Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Amalie became Princess consort
Princess consort
Princess consort is a title or an informal designation normally given to the wife of a sovereign prince. Since a male sovereign ruler is generally titled as a king and not a prince, the title of princess consort is not widely used. More rarely, it may be given to the spouse of a king, if the more...
of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany with its capital at Rudolstadt.-History:Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands...
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Family
Princess Auguste was born on 18 August 1793 in DessauDessau
Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...
as the first child of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and heir to the principality of Anhalt-Dessau....
and his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
Landgravine Christiane Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, full German name: Christiane Amalie, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg was a member of the House of Hesse-Homburg and a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth...
, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick V Louis William Christian , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg...
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Marriage and issue
Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Caroline of Hesse-Homburg was the daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife, Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married in 1791 to Prince Ludwig Friedrich II of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had five children together. Caroline died on 20 June 1854.-Children:-Ancestry:-...
. They had three children:
- Prince Friedrich Günther (1818–1821)
- Prince Günther (1821–1845)
- Prince Gustav (1828–1837)
Death
Princess Auguste died on 12 June 1854 in RudolstadtRudolstadt
Rudolstadt is a town in the German Bundesland of Thuringia, close to the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north....
. After her death, Prince Frederick Günther married the daughter of her brother George
George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau
George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau , was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch....
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