While her father was an intellectually limited person, whose preferred reading up to the end of his life was fairy tales, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spoke of Augusta's mother Marie as "one of the best and most significant women of her time."
În timp ce tatăl ei avea capacități intelectuale limitate, ale cărui lecturi preferate până la sfârșitul vieții erau poveștile, Goethe vorbea despre mama Augustei, Maria, ca despre „una dintre cele mai semnificative femei a timpului ei”.