Magdalena Augusta (13 October 1679 – 11 October 1740) was a Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and grandmother of George III of the United Kingdom.
She was born as a Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her father was Karl of Anhalt-Zerbst and her mother was Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels.
[edit] Family
In 1696 Magdalena Augusta married Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who had become Duke in 1691.
They had nineteen children:
- Sophie (1697–1703)
- Frederick (1699–1772), the next Duke.
- Wilhelm (1701–1771)
- Karl Friedrich (1702–1703)
- Johann August (1704–1767)
- Christian (1705)
- Christian Wilhelm (1706–1748)
- Ludwig Ernst (1707–1763)
- Emanuel (1709–1710)
- Moritz (1711–1777)
- Sophie (1712)
- Karl (1714–1715)
- Friederike (1715–1775)
- Magdalen Sybille (1718)
- Augusta (1719–1772), she married Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Johann Adolf (1721–1799)
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| | 16. Joachim Ernst, Prince of Anhalt |
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| | 8. Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
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| | 17. Eleonore of Württemberg |
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| | 4. John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
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| | 18. Johann XVI, Count of Oldenburg |
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| | 9. Magdalene of Oldenburg | |
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| | 19. Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg |
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| | 2. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
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| | 20. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp |
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| | 10. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp | |
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| | 21. Augusta of Denmark |
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| | 5. Sophie Augusta, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp | |
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| | 22. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 12) |
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| | 11. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony | |
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| | 23. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (= 13) |
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| | 1. Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
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| | 24. Christian I, Elector of Saxony |
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| | 12. John George I, Elector of Saxony | |
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| | 25. Sophie of Brandenburg |
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| | 6. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels | |
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| | 26. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia |
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| | 13. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia | |
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| | 27. Marie Elenore of Jülich-Kleve-Berg |
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| | 3. Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels | |
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| | 28. John (VII) V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
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| | 14. Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
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| | 29. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp |
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| | 7. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
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| | 30. Enno III, Count of Ostfriesland |
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| | 15. Anna Maria of Ostfriesland | |
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| | 31. Anna of Holstein-Gottorp |
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