Read part four here. Mary, who also happened to be Marie’s cousin, supported Marie by publicly appearing with her, driving around. Her husband later wrote, “I certainly think the English relations have behaved better & are more sensible about it all. The parents are the worst and ought to be ashamed of themselves.” Augusta believed [read more]
Read part three here. Augusta became very fond of her niece, Mary (the future Queen Mary), and Mary often wrote to her to keep her informed. The Teck family frequently had financial troubles and had been forced to spend some time on the continent to save money. By 1885, they were regularly back in England, [read more]
Read part two here. Frederick William and Augusta were now the reigning Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Researchers looking back at their reign would describe Frederick William as having a “pathological stinginess” which “hindered necessary investments in all areas.” However, he had inherited a considerable debt, which he managed to pay off within [read more]
Read part one here. Augusta quickly fell pregnant, but their first child – a son – was stillborn. A second son was born two years later, but he did not survive his first birthday. Their third son, Adolphus Frederick, born on 22 July 1848, survived to adulthood. Shortly before his birth, Mary Adelaide wrote, “You [read more]
On 19 July 1822, Princess Augusta of Cambridge was born as the second child and eldest daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, who was the seventh son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. Her parents had married on 7 May 1818 in Kassel [read more]
Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg was born on 16 March 1729 at Heidesheim Castle as the daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg and Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim und Assenheim. She had an elder brother, who died at the age of six and four younger sisters. As such, she was the heiress to [read more]
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