Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst


Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst was, by birth, a Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and, by marriage, a Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. She was the maternal grandmother of George III of the United Kingdom.
She was born Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her father was Karl of Anhalt-Zerbst and her mother was Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Family

In 1696, Magdalena Augusta married her first cousin, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who had become Duke in 1691.
They had twenty children:
  1. Sophie.
  2. Magdalena.
  3. Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
  4. Stillborn son.
  5. Wilhelm, married on 8 November 1742 to Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. Their marriage was childless.
  6. Karl Frederick
  7. Stillborn daughter.
  8. Johann August.
  9. Christian.
  10. Christian Wilhelm, married on 27 May 1743 to Luise Reuss of Schleiz. Their marriage was childless.
  11. Ludwig Ernst
  12. Emanuel.
  13. Moritz.
  14. Sophie.
  15. Karl.
  16. Fredericka, married on 27 November 1734 to Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.
  17. Stillborn son.
  18. Magdalena Sibylle.
  19. Augusta, married on 8 May 1736 to Frederick, Prince of Wales. They had 9 children, their second child later became King George III of Great Britain.
  20. Johann Adolf.

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