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Prince Augustus William of Prussia

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

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.

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:

Ancestry

Augustus' ancestors to the third generation
Prince August William of Prussia Father:
Frederick William I of Prussia 		Paternal Grandfather:
Frederick I of Prussia 		Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Luise Henriette of Nassau
Paternal Grandmother:
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover 		Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Sophia of Hanover
Mother:
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 		Maternal Grandfather:
George I of Great Britain 		Maternal Great-Grandfather:
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Sophia of Hanover
Maternal Grandmother:
Sophia Dorothea of Celle 		Maternal Great-Grandfather:
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Eleanore d'Olbreuse



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