Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Augusta Victoria, Princess of Hohenzollern(-Sigmaringen) (19 August, 1890, Potsdam - 29 August, 1966 Eigeltingen) was the wife of King Manuel II of Portugal but only following his deposition.

Family

She was a daughter of Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern (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. Her maternal grandparents were Lodovico, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria.

Lodovico 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 Duke was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain.

Marriages

On 4 September, 1913, Augusta Victoria married Manuel II of Portugal. 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 July 2, 1932, at Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex, England. There were no children from this marriage. On 23 April, 1939, Augusta Victoria married her second husband Robert 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.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
2= 2. Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
3= 3. Princess Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies
4= 4. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
5= 5. Infanta Antónia of Portugal
6= 6. Prince Louis, Count of Trani
7= 7. Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria
8= 8. Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
9= 9. Princess Josephine of Baden
10= 10. Ferdinand II of Portugal
11= 11. Maria II of Portugal
12= 12. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
13= 13. Maria Theresa of Austria
14= 14. Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria
15= 15. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
16= 16. Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
17= 17. Marie Antoinette Murat
18= 18. Karl, Grand Duke of Baden
19= 19. Stéphanie de Beauharnais
20= 20. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
21= 21. Maria Antonia, Princess of Koháry
22= 22. Pedro I of Brazil
23= 23. Maria Leopoldina of Austria
24= 24. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
25= 25. Maria Isabella of Spain
26= 26. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
27= 27. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
28= 28. Pius August, Duke in Bavaria
29= 29. Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg
30= 30. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
31= 31. Caroline of Baden

ources

*"The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10876.htm#i108756 Her profile in Peerage.com]