Talk:Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom

Augusta of Cambridge vs. Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom
Astrotrain and myself are debating which of Augusta of Cambridge (born 1820) and Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (died 1840) is more likely to have been a patron of the L.Bertolotto flea circus on Regent Street.

The evidence is a flyer stating patronage of "The Princess Augusta"

Dating information based on news papers and printers addresses indicates that the show was run in the 1830s.

The flyer says "The Princess Augusta" which is only used by daughters of the King (Augusta of Cambridge was a granddaughter and would be listed as Princess Augusta of Cambridge);

Augusta of Cambridge she spent most of her life in Germany

So the current speculation is that it is more likely to be her aunt to whom the flyer is refered. See Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FleaCircusDirector (talk • contribs)

What about the rest of her life?
The article jumps suddenly from the question of marriage to the end of her life. Did she marry? If so, whom? If not, why not? Did she do anything during that time? Jedikaiti (talk) 22:30, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely a big gap, but I don't know any of the details. Astronaut (talk) 20:19, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't have the sources for it but I have read a lot that states that she privately married Brent Spencer but publicly married a Danish Nobleman, Richard Albert Hansen. A lot of the sources mention a son named Charles Augustus. The son was likely Brent Spencer's but was officialy legitimized as the Danish Nobleman's by Augusta's brother, George IV when he became king. I beleive what happened was she was pregnant with the son of Brent Spencer whom her father, King George III wouldn't let her marry. So she married the Danish Nobleman so that the child could be legitimized. From what I've read it seems that her brother, George IV, liked his sister and her son, Charles Augustus Hansen, so much that he enobled the son, but I'm unsure to what degree. I beleive he did this because the father Richard Albert Hansen already had other sons to inherit his title(s). I think Richard Hansen was a count because it said he was a greve but I think that it could also mean that he was just the son of greve. Records on Danish nobility is sparse from what I could find and the records mainly mentioned families that still exist today. Other than that in her life she likely lived out her days with her family. After Brent Spencer died it is likely she lived with her son. They had a house called Monroe Court in London. I think that the house was provided by her brother, George IV, because when I read this it seemed very clear that George IV took care of his sister and her son. He introduced multiple women to Charles trying to find a spouse for him. Charles married a German-English daughter of a German nobleman. After George IV died though it jumps from that to her death. So that covers most of what happened between 1800 and 1830. That only leaves about the last 10 years of her life during which she would have been in her 60s and 70s so I doubt she was very active. I don't think her son, Charles has a wikipedia page but I will look into creating one for him. I think he should be mentioned in Augusta's page. I don't have the source but it was from a book on the Hanover family. My other source was a book about historic homes in London. Monroe Court was listed there and it was referred to in past tense enough that it would seem that it is nolonger standing or is nolonger called Monroe Court. If anyone out there knows what book I'm talking about please cite the name here. I read it while I lived in Illinois. It was at a bookstore there and I bought it but I gave all of my history books to a friend studying history. That was all I could remember from those sources but there was definitely a lot more information to give. AmyWeslin (talk) 14:19, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
 * We need citations before we can include anything in the article. Celia Homeford (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2019 (UTC)