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Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( Maria Luise Augusta Catherina; 30 September 1811 – 7 January 1890), was Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress as the wife of William I, German Emperor . A member of the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and closely related to the Russian Imperial House of Romanov through her mother Maria ...
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.
- 6 December 1898, Prague Cemetery, Stuttgart
- 4 October 1826, Stuttgart
- 3 December 1898 (aged 72), Stuttgart
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Saxe-Weimar. Saxe-Weimar ( German: Sachsen-Weimar) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin .
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( German: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was a German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised to a grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna.
- German, Thuringian dialect
Augusta (born September 30, 1811, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar [Germany]—died January 7, 1890, Berlin) was the queen consort of Prussia from 1861 and German empress from 1871, the wife of William I. The younger daughter of Charles Frederick, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, she was married to the future king and emperor on June 11, 1829.
Apr 10, 2020 · Friday, 10 April 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Germany, Prussia, The Royal Women, Victoria Princess Royal 1 (public domain) Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 30 September 1811 as the daughter of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of ...
