Prince August o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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Prince August o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
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Prince August o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
![]() Prince August in 1795 bi Ernst Christian Specht. | |
Born | 14 August 1747 Gotha HRE |
Dee'd | 28 September 1806 (aged 59) Prinzenpalais, HRE |
Buirial | Prince's crypt, Schloss Friedenstein |
Hoose | Wettin |
Faither | Friedrich III, Duke o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Mither | Luise Dorothea o Saxe-Meiningen |
Prince August o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (14 August 1747 – 28 September 1806) wis a German prince o the Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg line o the Ernestine Wettins an a patron o the airts during the Age o Enlightenment.
Life[eedit | eedit soorce]
He wis the youngest child o Friedrich III, Duke o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg an his wife Princess Luise Dorothea o Saxe-Meiningen. Their mither made sure both August an his brither Ernest received a good education in literature, science an cameralism. He an Ernst also travelled tae the Netherlands an Ingland atween 1768 an 1769.
Teetles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 14 August 1747 – 28 September 1806 His Serene Highness Prince August o Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duke o Saxony.