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Princess Augusta Charlotte
Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Consort	1780 – 1806
Consort to	Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Issue
Auguste Caroline Friederike Luise Karl Georg August Caroline of Brunswick Georg Wilhelm Christian August Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick Amelie Karoline Dorothea Luise
Detail Titles
HRH The Duchess of Brunswick HRH Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales
Royal house	House of Hanover
Father	Frederick, Prince of Wales
Mother	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Born	31 July 1737 St James's Palace, London
Baptised	29 August 1737 St James's Palace, London
Died	23 March 1813 Hanover Square, London
Burial	31 March 1813 St George's Chapel, Windsor

Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (31 July 1737 - 23 March 1813), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of George II and sister of George III. She later married into the Ducal House of Brunswick, of which she was already a member. Her daughter, Caroline of Brunswick was the Queen consort of George IV.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage 3 Later life 4 Titles, styles, honour and arms 4.1 Titles 5 Issue

Princess Augusta Charlotte was born at St James's Palace, London. Her father was The Prince Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach. Her mother was the Princess of Wales (formerly Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha).

As a grandchild in the male line of the British monarch, she was styled Her Royal Highness Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales from birth. She was second in the line of succession.

On 16 January 1764, Augusta married Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg at the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace.

In 1806, when Prussia declared war on France, the Duke of Brunswick, 71 at the time, was appointed commander-in-chief of the Prussian army. On 14 October of that year, at the Battle of Jena, Napoleon defeated the Prussian army, and, on the same day, at the battle of Auerstadt, the Duke of Brunswick was seriously wounded, dying a few days later. The Duchess of Brunswick, with two of her sons, and a widowed daughter-in-law, fled her ruined palace for Altona, and then fled to Augustenborg, a small town east of Jutland.

The Duchess of Brunswick remained here, residing with her niece, Princess Louise Augusta, daughter of her sister Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark, until her brother, George III finally relented, in September 1807, and allowed her to move to London. She moved to Montague House, Blackheath, in Greenwich, with her daughter, the Princess of Wales, but soon fell out with her daughter, and purchased the house next door, Brunswick House, as she renamed it. The Duchess of Brunswick lived out her days in Blackheath and died, in 1813, aged 75.

• 31 July 1737-16 January 1764: Her Royal Highness Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales
• 16 January 1764-23 March 1813: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg

Together the couple had 7 children:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Auguste Caroline Friederike Luise of Brunswick-Luneburg	December 3, 1764	September 27, 1788	married Frederick I of Württemberg; had issue
Karl Georg August, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg	February 8, 1766	September 20, 1806	married Frederika Luise Wilhelmine, Princess of Orange-Nassau; issue?
Caroline of Brunswick	May 17, 1768	August 7, 1821	married 1795, George IV of the United Kingdom; had issue
Georg Wilhelm Christian, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg	June 27, 1769	September 16, 1811	Declared an invalid; Excluded from line of succession
August, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg	August 18, 1770	December 18, 1822	Declared an invalid; Excluded from line of succession
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel	October 9, 1771	June 16, 1815	married 1802, Mary of Baden; had issue
Amelie Karoline Dorothea Luise, Princess of Brunswick-Luneburg	November 22, 1772	April 2, 1773