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Auguste von Harrach: Wife of Prussian King.
Born in Dresden (died at age 72).
Biography
Countess Auguste von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen, Princess of Liegnitz, was the second wife of King Frederick William III of Prussia. At the time of their marriage, the House of Harrach was still not recognized as equal for dynastic purposes. Later, in 1841, a year after Frederick William's death, they were officially recognized as a mediatized family, with the style of Illustrious Highness, which allowed them to officially have equal status for marriage purposes to those reigning and royal families. Thus, in 1824, when the marriage occurred, it was treated as morganatic, so she was not named Queen, but was given the title Princess von Liegnitz and Countess von Hohenzollern. Frederick reportedly stated that he did not wish to have another queen after Queen Louise.
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Auguste von Harrach was born in Dresden.
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