| Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern | |
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| Queen consort of Portugal and the Algarves | |
| Spouse | Manuel II of Portugal Robert Douglas |
| House | House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Father | William, Prince of Hohenzollern |
| Mother | Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
| Born | 19 August 1890 Potsdam, German Empire |
| Died | 29 August 1966 (aged 76) Eigeltingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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.[1][2]
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She was a daughter of William, Prince of Hohenzollern, sometime heir presumptive to the throne of the kingdom of Romania, (1864–1927) and his first wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.[1][2]
Her paternal grandparents were Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal, one of the heiresses to the throne of Portugal.[1][2] 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.
On 4 September 1913, Augusta Victoria married Manuel II of Portugal.[1][2] 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,[1][2] 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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Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 19 August 1890 Died: 29 August 1966 |
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| Preceded by Amélie of Orléans |
— TITULAR — Queen consort of Portugal and Algarves 4 September 1913 – 2 July 1932 Reason for succession failure: Republic declared |
Succeeded by Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza |
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