Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg

Landgravine Auguste
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born (1776-11-28)28 November 1776
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 1 April 1871(1871-04-01) (aged 94)
Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Burial Helena Paulovna Mausoleum, Ludwigslust
Spouse Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Full name
German: Auguste Friederike
Father Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgravine Auguste Fredericka of Hesse-Homburg[1][2] (full German name: Auguste Friederike, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg;[1][2] 28 November 1776, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire[1][2] – 1 April 1871, Ludwigslust, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[1][2]), 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.[1][2]

Life

Because all her older sisters married very early, by 1793 Auguste became inthe 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.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Darryl Lundy (31 Jul 2005). "Auguste Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Paul Theroff. "HESSE". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2016-05-27.

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