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Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Maria Luise Augusta Catherina; 30 September 1811 – 7 January 1890), was Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress as the wife of William I, German Emperor. A member of the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and closely related to the Russian Imperial House of Romanov through her mother Maria Pavlovna , in June 1829 Augusta married Prince William of ...
Augusta (born September 30, 1811, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar [Germany]—died January 7, 1890, Berlin) was the queen consort of Prussia from 1861 and German empress from 1871, the wife of William I. The younger daughter of Charles Frederick, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, she was married to the future king and emperor on June 11, 1829.
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Germany. Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( German: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was a German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised to a grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna.
Apr 10, 2020 · Learn about the life and marriage of Augusta, the mother of William I, the first German Emperor. Read about her rigid upbringing, her disappointments, her political views, and her relationship with Queen Victoria.
Apr 11, 2020 · Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – The first German Empress (Part two) Saturday, 11 April 2020, 6:00 Moniek Bloks Augusta of Saxe-Weimar , Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , Germany , Prussia , Victoria Princess Royal 0
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1811-1890) the younger daughter of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, married, in 1829, Prince William of Prussia, later William I, King of Prussia and German Emperor. A friend of Goethe, she had intellectual, liberal and pro-Catholic leanings which irritated her staunchly conservative husband, and antagonised Count Bismarck. Her ...
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Augusta Marie Luise Katharina; 30 September 1811 – 7 January 1890) was Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress as the wife of William I, German Emperor. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Coronation portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1861.
