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Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
Tenure | 7 June 1696 – 23 March 1732 |
Born | 13 October 1679 |
Died | 11 October 1740 | (aged 60)
Spouse | |
Issue among others... | |
House | |
Father | Karl of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Mother | Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels |
Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (13 October 1679 – 11 October 1740) was, by birth, a Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and, by marriage, a Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. She was the maternal grandmother of George III of the United Kingdom.
She was born Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her father was Karl of Anhalt-Zerbst and her mother was Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels.
In 1696, Magdalena Augusta married her first cousin, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who had become Duke in 1691. The Duchess's letters to her husband, kept in the Gotha library, bear witness to a loving and happy marriage.
Her refusal to let her
youngest daughter be taught
English after she was promised to the presumptive
heir to the British throne shows her rather modest sense. She claimed: "[...] this is completely unnecessary, because since the
Hanover family has been on the English throne for over twenty years, the people in England and especially at court have to speak German as often and as well as English. "
They had twenty children:
Ancestors of Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2023) |
Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
Tenure | 7 June 1696 – 23 March 1732 |
Born | 13 October 1679 |
Died | 11 October 1740 | (aged 60)
Spouse | |
Issue among others... | |
House | |
Father | Karl of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Mother | Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels |
Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (13 October 1679 – 11 October 1740) was, by birth, a Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and, by marriage, a Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. She was the maternal grandmother of George III of the United Kingdom.
She was born Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her father was Karl of Anhalt-Zerbst and her mother was Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels.
In 1696, Magdalena Augusta married her first cousin, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who had become Duke in 1691. The Duchess's letters to her husband, kept in the Gotha library, bear witness to a loving and happy marriage.
Her refusal to let her
youngest daughter be taught
English after she was promised to the presumptive
heir to the British throne shows her rather modest sense. She claimed: "[...] this is completely unnecessary, because since the
Hanover family has been on the English throne for over twenty years, the people in England and especially at court have to speak German as often and as well as English. "
They had twenty children:
Ancestors of Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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