Princess Augusta of Württemberg

Princess Augusta of Württemberg (4 October 1826 – 3 December 1898) was the daughter of King William I of Württemberg and Pauline of Württemberg.

Princess Augusta
Cabinet portrait of Princess Augusta of Württemberg
Born	(1826-10-04)4 October 1826 Stuttgart
Died	3 December 1898(1898-12-03) (aged 72) Stuttgart
Burial	6 December 1898 Prague Cemetery, Stuttgart
Spouse	Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ​ ​ (m. 1851)​
Issue	Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Bernhard Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Ernest of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Olga of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Father	William I of Württemberg
Mother	Pauline of Württemberg

Life

Augusta was the third and last child of her parents' marriage. She was described as unattractive, but cheerful and wise. On 17 June 1851, she married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach. He was her age and served in the Cavalry of Württemberg as an officer. Later that year, he was promoted from Rittmeister to lieutenant colonel. In 1853, he was promoted to commander of the guards regiment.

Weimar Palace at Neckarstraße 25 was, for many years, the center of an artistically oriented social life. In 1865, Hermann left the army with the rank of lieutenant general, because he was denied further promotions. He had tried to become King Charles's adjutant general and imperial governor of Alsace-Lorraine but was unsuccessful. For lack of other activities, Prince Weimar, as he was called in Stuttgart, supported social, patriotic and artistic societies.

Issue

Hermann and Augusta had six children:

• Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852-1904)

married in 1873 to Hereditary Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-1894)

• Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1853-1924)

married in 1885 to Princess Gerta of Isenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach (1863-1945)

• Prince Bernhard Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1855-1907), from 1901 "Count of Crayenburg", married

1. in 1900 to Marie Louise Brockmüller (1866-1903)
2. in 1905 to Countess Elisabeth von der Schulenburg (1869-1940)

• Prince Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1857-1891)
• Prince Ernest of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1859-1909)
• Princess Olga of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1869-1924)

married in 1902 to Prince Leopold of Isenburg-Büdingen (1866-1933), eldest son of Karl, Prince of Isenburg-Büdingen.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Augusta of Württemberg

8. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg 4. Frederick I of Württemberg 9. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt 2. William I of Württemberg 10. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick 5. Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 11. Princess Augusta of Great Britain 1. Princess Augusta of Württemberg 12. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (= 8) 6. Duke Louis of Württemberg 13. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (= 9) 3. Duchess Pauline Therese of Württemberg 14. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg 15. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

References

• Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, and Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4