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Princess Augusta of Cambridge

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Princess Augusta of Cambridge (Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise; 19 July 1822 – 5 December 1916) was a member of the British royal family, a granddaughter of George III. She married into the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and became Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Augusta was born Princess Augusta of Cambridge on 19 July 1822 at the Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover. Her father was Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the seventh son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her mother was Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. As a male line granddaughter of a British monarch, she was titled a British princess with the style of Royal Highness. The young princess was baptized at the same palace on 16 August 1822, by Rev Edward Curtis Kemp (Chaplain to the British Ambassador to the Court of Berlin, The Rt. Hon. Sir George Rose). Three of her godparents were present at the baptism: Princess Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (her maternal grandmother) Princess Luise Henriette of Nassau-Usingen (her maternal great-aunt) Princess Louise, Countess von der Decken (her maternal aunt) The rest were not present, possibly being represented by proxies: The Duke of York and Albany (her paternal uncle) all of her five living paternal aunts (by blood) The Queen Dowager of Württemberg The Princess Augusta Sophia The Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg The Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh The Princess Sophia The Electress of Hesse (wife of Wilhelm II, her mother's cousin) The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (her maternal aunt) Princess Charles of Hesse-Kassel (wife of her maternal uncle) The Princess spent her earlier years in Hanover, where her father was the viceroy on behalf of his brother, George IV. Princess Augusta had one brother, Prince George, later 2nd Duke of Cambridge; and one sister, Princess Mary Adelaide, later Duchess of Teck. As such, Princess Augusta was an aunt to Mary of Teck, later consort of George V.
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