Queen Augusta of Great Britain?

What if Fredrick, Prince of Wales died before the conception George III and thus following the death of George II in 1760, the king is instead succeeded by Frederick's daughter Princess Augusta? What kind of monarch would Augusta be, who might she marry and what might the implications be on issues such as the American revolution?
 
What if Fredrick, Prince of Wales died before the conception George III and thus following the death of George II in 1760, the king is instead succeeded by Frederick's daughter Princess Augusta? What kind of monarch would Augusta be, who might she marry and what might the implications be on issues such as the American revolution?

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Now that that's out of the way, it seems to me unlikely that the American Revolution (nearly forty years in the future) is still recognizable if it occurs at all. As to other things, George II is likely to be on the lookout for a bride for his favourite son, the duke of Cumberland. And, since the '45 hasn't happened yet, the duke doesn't have the reputation as "Butcher Cumberland", so he might be able to snag a decent bride from Europe (OTL, strangely enough, there was talk of marrying him to a d'Este princess IIRC).
 
Also means that Hanover is split from Britain near a century sooner. That would have some interesting effects on any German Unification.
 
Also means that Hanover is split from Britain near a century sooner. That would have some interesting effects on any German Unification.

I think German Unification is still a rather long ways away from even being an idea, much less a plan. AFAIK nationalism wasn't a big thing before the French Revolutionary/Napoléonic Wars.

Though I do find myself wondering about the marriage-game. Augusta was married off to her Welf cousin OTL as a way of the Hannoverian and Wolfenbüttel branches making nice. (George II apparently originally wanted George III to wed Sophie Antonia of Wolfenbüttel, but the boy refused, screaming "I won't be be-Wolfenbütteled", so a match between Augusta and Karl II happened instead). Here, England isn't going to like the idea of trading Hannover for some other German albatross, so Cumberland most likely gets a Wolfenbüttel match instead (if he isn't married yet), maybe Juliane Marie/Theresia Natalia of Brunswick for him?

As to Augusta, a second or younger son Protestant husband would do. Problem is, the "major" players don't have those (second sons or those that do aren't Protestant) while the "lesser" players that do, are perhaps not considered important enough for a future queen of England.
 
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