Augusta of Hesse-Kassel | |||||
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Duchess of Cambridge | |||||
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Viceregal consort of the Kingdom of Hanover | |||||
Tenure | 7 May 1818 – 20 June 1837 | ||||
Viceroy | Prince Adolphus | ||||
Born | Rumpenheim Castle, Offenbach am Main | 25 July 1797||||
Died | 6 April 1889 St James's Palace, Pall Mall, London | (aged 91)||||
Burial | 13 April 1889 | ||||
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House | Hesse-Kassel | ||||
Father | Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel | ||||
Mother | Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen |
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa; 25 July 1797 – 6 April 1889) was the wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The longest-lived daughter-in-law of George III, she was the maternal grandmother of Mary of Teck, wife of George V.