For the son of Emperor William II, see Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887-1949).

Prince Augustus William of Prussia

Augustus William (German: August Wilhelm; 9 August 1722, Berlin – 12 June 1758, Oranienburg), Prince of Prussia, was the second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.

He was a younger brother of Wilhelmine of Bayreuth, Frederick II of Prussia and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.

Augustus was a general in the Silesian Wars.

Because his older brother had no children, his oldest son inherited the throne as King Frederick William II of Prussia.

[edit] Family

Augustus William married Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1742. They had the following children:

• Frederick William (1744-1797)
• Frederick Henry Charles, Prince of Prussia (1747-1767)
• Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820), married William V, Prince of Orange
• George Charles Emil (1758-1759)

[edit] Ancestry

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