Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Born Prince Augustus Frederick of the United Kingdom, created Duke of Sussex in 1801.
Son of George III. King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) and Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)
Born: Buckingham Palace, London 27. Jan 1773
Christened: St. James’s Palace, London 25. Feb 1773
Godparents:
Ernst II. Duke of Saxe-Gotha (his father’s cousin)
Georg, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (maternal uncle)
Louise, Princess of Hesse-Cassel (born Princess of Denmark, his father’s cousin)
Married:
(in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act) Rome 4. Apr 1793 and St. George’s, Hanover Square, London 5. Dec 1793 (ann.1794) Lady Augusta Murray (1768-1830), daughter of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1732-1809) and his wife Lady Charlotte Stewart (d.1818), daughter of the 6th Earl of Galloway.
(in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act) Great Cumberland Place, London 2. May 1831 Lady Cecilia Gore (c.1785-1873), daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran (1734-1809) and his third wife Elizabeth Underwood. She was created Duchess of Inverness in 1840.
Issue of first marriage:
Augustus d’Este (1794-1848)
Augusta d’Este (1801-1866) m. 1845 Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782-1858)
Died: Kensington Palace, London 21. Apr 1843 from erysipelas
Buried: Kensal Green Cemetary, London
Source: Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt; for christening see Yvonne Demoskoff: Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm, Burke’s Peerage and Gentry, online version http://www.burkespeerage.com/; Anthony Camp ”Royal Mistresses and Bastards. Fact and Fiction 1714-1936”, London 2007