Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (19 August 1890, Potsdam
– 29 August 1966 Eigeltingen
, Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
) was a German princess. She was the wife of King Manuel II of Portugal
but only following his deposition.
to the throne of the kingdom of Romania
, (1864–1927) and his first wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
.
Her paternal grandparents were Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal
, one of the heiresses to the throne of Portugal
. Her maternal grandparents were Prince Louis, Count of Trani
and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria.
Louis was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
Maria Theresa was a daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. The Archduke was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
and Maria Louisa of Spain.
She was a paternal niece of king Ferdinand I of Romania
.
. He had succeeded to the Portuguese throne with the assassination of his father Carlos I of Portugal
and older brother Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza
on 1 February 1908. He had been deposed by the 5 October 1910 revolution
, resulting in the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic
. The bride was twenty-three years old and the groom twenty-four.
Manuel died on 2 July 1932, at Fulwell Park, Twickenham
, Middlesex
, England
. There were no children from this marriage. On 23 April 1939, Augusta Victoria married her second husband count Robert Douglas, the 13th head of the Swedish comital house of Douglas, lord of Langenstein Castle in Baden
and heir of the Mühlhausen
fideicommiss/entail (the eldest son of count Ludvig Douglas
). The bride was almost forty-nine years old and the groom fifty-nine. There were also no children from this marriage. Douglas died on 26 August 1955.
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Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
– 29 August 1966 Eigeltingen
Eigeltingen
Eigeltingen is a town in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
, Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) was a German princess. She was the wife of King Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II , named Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança Orleães Sabóia e Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha — , was the last King of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father and elder brother Manuel...
but only following his deposition.
Family
She was a daughter of William, Prince of Hohenzollern, sometime heir presumptiveHeir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...
to the throne of the kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania was the Romanian state based on a form of parliamentary monarchy between 13 March 1881 and 30 December 1947, specified by the first three Constitutions of Romania...
, (1864–1927) and his first wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Teresa Maddalena of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was the only child of Prince Louis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Trani and his wife Duchess Mathilde...
.
Her paternal grandparents were Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal
Infanta Antónia of Portugal
Infanta Antónia of Portugal , was a Portuguese infanta of the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her King...
, one of the heiresses to the throne of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Her maternal grandparents were Prince Louis, Count of Trani
Prince Louis, Count of Trani
Prince Louis Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Trani was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria....
and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria.
Louis was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death.-Family:Ferdinand was born in Palermo, the son of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife and first cousin Maria Isabella of Spain.His paternal grandparents were King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Queen Marie...
and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
Maria Theresa was a daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain...
and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. The Archduke was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa...
and Maria Louisa of Spain.
She was a paternal niece of king Ferdinand I of Romania
Ferdinand I of Romania
Ferdinand was the King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death.-Early life:Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, the Roman Catholic Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern, was a son of Leopold, Prince of...
.
Marriages
On 4 September 1913, Augusta Victoria married Manuel II of PortugalManuel II of Portugal
Manuel II , named Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança Orleães Sabóia e Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha — , was the last King of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father and elder brother Manuel...
. He had succeeded to the Portuguese throne with the assassination of his father Carlos I of Portugal
Carlos I of Portugal
-Assassination:On 1 February 1908 the royal family returned from the palace of Vila Viçosa to Lisbon. They travelled by train to Barreiro and, from there, they took a steamer to cross the Tagus River and disembarked at Cais do Sodré in central Lisbon. On their way to the royal palace, the open...
and older brother Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza
Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza
-Titles and Styles:*21 March 1887-19 October 1889 - His Royal Highness The Prince of Beira, Duke of Barcelos*19 October 1889-1 February 1908 - His Royal Highness The Prince Royal of Portugal, Duke of Braganza-Arms:...
on 1 February 1908. He had been deposed by the 5 October 1910 revolution
5 October 1910 revolution
The revolution of 1910 was a republican coup d'état that occurred in Portugal on 5 October 1910, which deposed King Manuel II and established the Portuguese First Republic....
, resulting in the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic
Portuguese First Republic
The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution and the 28 May coup d'état of 1926...
. The bride was twenty-three years old and the groom twenty-four.
Manuel died on 2 July 1932, at Fulwell Park, Twickenham
Twickenham
Twickenham is a large suburban town southwest of central London. It is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. There were no children from this marriage. On 23 April 1939, Augusta Victoria married her second husband count Robert Douglas, the 13th head of the Swedish comital house of Douglas, lord of Langenstein Castle in Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
and heir of the Mühlhausen
Mühlhausen
Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.-History:...
fideicommiss/entail (the eldest son of count Ludvig Douglas
Ludvig Douglas
Ludvig Vilhelm August Douglas, Count of Mühlhausen, Gondelsheim, Skenninge and Stjernorp, Lord of Langenstein and Stjernorp castles , was a conservative Swedish politician and official...
). The bride was almost forty-nine years old and the groom fifty-nine. There were also no children from this marriage. Douglas died on 26 August 1955.
Titles and Styles
- 19 August 1890 - 4 September 1913: Her Serene Highness Princess Augusta Viktoria of Hohenzollern
- 4 September 1913 - 2 July 1932: Her Most Faithful Majesty The Queen of Portugal and the Algarves
- 2 July 1932 - 23 April 1939: Her Most Faithful Majesty The Dowager Queen of Portugal and the Algarves
- 23 April 1939 - 29 August 1966: Her Serene Highness Princess Augusta Viktoria, Countess Douglas
Ancestry
Sources
- McNaughton, C. Arnold. The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy.
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