Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Gräfin Reuß zu Ebersdorf; 19 January 1757 – 16 November 1831), was by marriage the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the grandmother and godmother of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband and cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf as Artemisia, 1775
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Tenure8 September 1800  9 December 1806
Born(1757-01-19)19 January 1757
Ebersdorf
Died16 November 1831(1831-11-16) (aged 74)
Coburg
Spouse
(m. 1777; died 1806)
Issue
  • Sophie, Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly
  • Antoinette, Duchess of Württemberg
  • Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia
  • Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn
  • Leopold I, King of the Belgians
Names
Augusta Caroline Sophie
HouseReuss
FatherHeinrich XXIV, Count Reuss-Ebersdorf
MotherKaroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
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