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| Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha | |
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| Princess of Wales | |
Portrait by Charles Philips, 1736
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| Born | (1719-11-30)30 November 1719 Gotha, Germany |
| Died | 8 February 1772(1772-02-08) (aged 52) Carlton House, London |
| Burial | February 15, 1772 Westminster Abbey, London |
| Spouse | Frederick, Prince of Wales |
| Issue | Princess Augusta George III Edward, Duke of York Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain William, Duke of Gloucester Henry, Duke of Cumberland Princess Louisa Prince Frederick Caroline Matilda of Wales |
| House | House of Hanover House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Father | Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Mother | Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (30 November 1719 – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751, and Dowager Princess of Wales thereafter. She was one of only three holders of the title who never became queen. Princess Augusta's eldest son succeeded as George III of the United Kingdom in 1760, as her husband, Frederick, Prince of Wales, had died nine years earlier.
One of the first portraits of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha as Princess of Wales by William Hogarth, 1736-1738, National Museum in Warsaw
Augusta and her family in 1739, by Van Loo
Augusta as Dowager Princess of Wales, mother of the future king, by Liotard, 1754.
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, by Ramsay, 1759
