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Princess Augusta of Prussia
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Princess Augusta of Prussia
Princess Augusta of Prussia (German: Auguste Christine Friederike, Prinzessen von Preußen) (born Potsdam, 1 May 1780; died Kassel, 19 February 1841) was the third daughter and fifth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the first wife of William II, Elector of Hesse.
On 13 February 1797 in Berlin, Augusta married Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), eldest surviving son of William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. In 1803, the Landgrave was raised to Elector of Hesse, and Prince William succeeded on his father's death in 1821.
William and Augusta had six children :
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