Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751, and Dowager Princess of Wales thereafter.
Background
Princess Augusta was born in Gotha to Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676–1732) and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1676–1740). Her paternal grandfather was Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, eldest surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Career
She was one of only three Princesses of Wales who never became queen consort. Princess Augusta enlarged and greatly extended after her husband"s death. Sir William Chambers built several garden structures for her.
One of these, the lofty Chinese pagoda built in 1761, still remains.
30 November 1719 – 17 April 1736: Her Ducal Serene Highness Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony Several places in British America were named in honour of Augusta: Augusta, Georgia Augusta County, Virginia Fort Augusta, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.