Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was a Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and the author of one of the first modern novels to treat of homoerotic love. He was the maternal grandfather of Prince Albe
Portrait by Ludwig Döll [de] (1807)
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Augustus pictured with his first wife, Louise Charlotte, playing the harp.
Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, was a German princess and member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth, and Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg by marriage.
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
…Louise Charlotte died on 4 January 1801, two weeks after giving birth to Louise. Fifteen months later, on 24 April 1802, Augustus married in Kassel Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel. They had no children, and became estranged soon after marrying, because "their mutual points of view about life are completely different". Appearances…
The Gotha Winter Palace, by Heinrich Justus Schneider, 1840.