 princess augusta of hesse-kassel (; 25 july 1797 &ndash; 6 april 1889) was the wife of prince adolphus, duke of cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of george iii of the united kingdom and charlotte of mecklenburg-strelitz. the longest-lived daughter-in-law of george iii, she was the maternal grandmother of mary of teck, wife of george v. ==early life== princess and landgravine augusta of hesse-kassel, third daughter of landgrave frederick of hesse-kassel, and his wife, princess caroline of nassau-usingen, was born at rumpenheim castle, kassel, hesse. through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of george ii of great britain, her grandfather having married george ii's daughter mary. her father's older brother was the landgrave of hesse-kassel. in 1803, her uncle's title was raised to elector of hesse â whereby the entire kassel branch of the hesse dynasty gained an upward notch in hierarchy. ==marriage== on 7 may, in kassel, and then, again, on 1 june 1818 at buckingham palace, princess augusta married her second cousin, the duke of cambridge, when she was 20 and he 44. upon their marriage, augusta gained the style hrh the duchess of cambridge. the duke and duchess of cambridge had three children. from 1818 until the accession of queen victoria, and the separation of the british and hanoverian crowns in 1837, the duchess of cambridge lived in hanover, where the duke served as viceroy on behalf of his brothers, george iv and william iv. in 1827 augusta allowed that a new village, founded on 3 may 1827 and to be settled in the course of the cultivation and colonisation of the moorland
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