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| Princess Augusta Sophia | |
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| Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom | |
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| HRH The Princess Augusta Sophia | |
| Royal house | House of Hanover |
| Father | George III |
| Mother | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Born | 8 November 1768 Buckingham House, London |
| Died | 22 September 1840 (aged 71) Clarence House, London |
| Burial | St George's Chapel, Windsor |
The Princess Augusta Sophia (8 November 1768 – 22 September 1840) was a member of the British Royal Family, second daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. She was a Princess of the United Kingdom and a Princess of Hanover.
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Princess Augusta Sophia was born at Buckingham House, St James's Park, London, the sixth child and second daughter of George III (1738-1820) and his wife Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her mother was very keen to shelter her daughters, so Augusta was forced to be a companion of her mother, who did not die until a month before the princess's fiftieth birthday. For that reason, she never married or had any children.
According to a flyer held by the V&A Archives, Princess Augusta was a patron of L. Bertolotto's flea circus.
She died on 22 September 1840 at Clarence House, St. James, London, and was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor on 2 October, after lying in state at Frogmore.[1]
As of 1789, as a daughter of the sovereign, Augusta Sophia had use of the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points, the centre point bearing a rose gules, the outer points ermine.[2]
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