Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau
Consort of Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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| Intro | Consort of Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Amalie Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau Prinzessin Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Amalie Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau Prinzessin Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau | ||||||||
| was | Consort Prince | ||||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||||
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| Birth | 18 August 1793, Dessau | ||||||||
| Death | 12 June 1854Rudolstadt (aged 60 years) | ||||||||
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Biography
Princess Amalie Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (German: Prinzessin Amalie Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau; 18 August 1793 – 12 June 1854) was a German princess of Anhalt-Dessau who was Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt from 1816 to 1854 as the wife of Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Early life
Auguste was born on 18 August 1793 in Dessau as the eldest child of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and his wife, Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg (daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg).
Marriage and issue
On 15 April 1816 she was married in Dessau to her first cousin, Frederick Günther, reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (son of Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and his wife, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg). They had three sons:
- Prince Friedrich Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1818–1821)
- Prince Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1821–1845)
- Prince Gustav of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1828–1837)
Death
Princess Auguste died on 12 June 1854 in Rudolstadt. Her widower, Prince Frederick Günther, remarried a daughter of her brother George in 1855.
Her younger brother ruled the unified duchy of Anhalt from 1863 until his death in 1871 as Leopold IV.
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