Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg
Landgravine Auguste | |||||
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Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||
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Born | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire | 28 November 1776||||
Died | 1 April 1871 Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | (aged 94)||||
Burial | Helena Paulovna Mausoleum, Ludwigslust | ||||
Spouse | Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
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Father | Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | ||||
Mother | Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Landgravine Auguste Fredericka of Hesse-Homburg[citation needed] (full German name: Auguste Friederike, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg;[citation needed] 28 November 1776, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire[citation needed] – 1 April 1871, Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[citation needed]), was a member of the House of Hesse and a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth. Through her marriage she was also a member of the House of Mecklenburg and Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
She was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, in turn daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.[citation needed]
Life[]
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Because all her older sisters married very early, by 1793 Auguste became in the primary caretaker of her ailing father.
In Homburg on 3 April 1818, the 41-years-old Auguste married Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, twice a widower and father of four surviving children. The marriage was suggested by the late second wife of the Hereditary Grand Duke, Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Auguste's first-cousin) at her deathbed.
The union was childless and lasted only 18 months until Frederick Louis' death on 29 November 1819. She was a devoted stepmother for her husband's children, taking responsibility for their upbringing and education. She developed a particularly close relationship with her stepdaughter Helene, eldest child and only daughter of her cousin Caroline Louise.
Auguste, who never remarried, remained in Mecklenburg-Schwerin for the rest of her life, dying in Ludwigslust aged 94. She was buried at the Helena Paulovna Mausoleum, next to her husband and his two previous wives.
Ancestry[]
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Bibliography[]
- Paule Marquise d’Harcourt: Die Herzogin von Orleáns Helene von Mecklenburg-Schwerin p. 10.
- Karl Schwartz: Landgraf Friedrich V. von Hessen-Homburg und seine Familie. Archives and family documents, Rudolstadt 1878.
External links[]
- 1776 births
- 1871 deaths
- House of Hesse-Homburg
- House of Mecklenburg
- Landgravines of Germany
- People from Bad Homburg vor der Höhe