Auguste von Harrach

Auguste von Harrach
Princess von Liegnitz Countess von Hohenzollern
Auguste Fürstin von Liegnitz
Born	30 August 1800
Died	5 June 1873(1873-06-05) (aged 72)
Noble family	Harrach
Spouse(s)	Frederick William III of Prussia ​ ​ (m. 1824; died 1840)​
Father	Count Ferdinand Joseph von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen
Mother	Johanna Christiane Rayski von Dubnitz

Countess Auguste von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen, Princess of Liegnitz (30 August 1800 – 5 June 1873), 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 (a former ruling family within the Holy Roman Empire), with the style of Illustrious Highness, which allowed them to officially have equal status for marriage purposes to those reigning and royal families.^[1] 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.