Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern

Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (German: Auguste Viktoria Wilhelmine Antonie Mathilde Ludovika Josephine Maria Elisabeth Prinzessin von Hohenzollern; 19 August 1890 – 29 August 1966) was the daughter of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1913, she married the deposed King Manuel II of Portugal.[1][2] After his death, Augusta Victoria married a second time. She had no children from either marriage.

Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern
Queen consort of Portugal
in exile
Tenure4 September 1913 – 2 July 1932
Born(1890-08-19)19 August 1890
Potsdam, German Empire
Died29 August 1966(1966-08-29) (aged 76)
Eigeltingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Burial
Langenstein Castle, Germany
Spouse
Full name
Auguste Viktoria Wilhelmine Antonie Mathilde Ludovika Josephine Maria Elisabeth
HouseHohenzollern-Sigmaringen
FatherWilliam, Prince of Hohenzollern
MotherPrincess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Family
Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, by Philip de László, 1915

She was born in Potsdam, 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]

Marriage and later life
Augusta Victoria with her first husband, Manuel II of Portugal

On 4 September 1913, Augusta Victoria married King 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. They were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of Queen Maria II of Portugal and King Ferdinand II of Portugal. 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. Augusta died at Eigeltingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, aged 76.

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 Algarves
  • 2 July 1932 – 2 July 1939: Her Most Faithful Majesty The Queen Dowager of Portugal and Algarves
  • 23 April 1939 – 29 August 1966: Her Serene Highness Princess Augusta Viktoria, Countess Robert Douglas

Ancestry

References
  1. Paul Theroff. "HOHENZOLLERN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  2. Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Auguste Viktoria Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". ThePeerage.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

Sources
  • McNaughton, C. Arnold. The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy.
Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 19 August 1890 Died: 29 August 1966
Titles in pretence
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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