Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern

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Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern
Queen consort of Portugal (titular)
Photograph, c. 1909
Born(1890-08-19)19 August 1890
Potsdam, German Empire
Died29 August 1966(1966-08-29) (aged 76)
Eigeltingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Burial, Germany
Spouses
(m. 1913; died 1932)
Count Robert Douglas, 13th Count of Skenninge and Stjernorp
(m. 1939; died 1955)
Names
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (

Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1913, she married the deposed King Manuel II of Portugal
. After his death, Augusta Victoria married a second time. She had no children from either marriage.

Family

She was born in

Empress Sissi
.

First marriage

Augusta Victoria with her first husband, Manuel II of Portugal

On 4 September 1913, at

Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex
, England. There were no children from this marriage.

Second marriage

On 23 April 1939, Augusta Victoria married again. Her second husband, Count Robert Douglas von Langenstein, was 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). They were also related, being third cousins twice removed, both descending from Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden. The bride was almost 49 years old and the groom 59. There were no children from this marriage either. Douglas died on 26 August 1955. Augusta died at Eigeltingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 10 days after her birthday at the age of 76.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "The Ill William of Hohenzollern". The Illustrated London News. London. 9 July 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Kenny 2016.
  3. ^ Van der Kiste 2003.

Sources

Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 19 August 1890 Died: 29 August 1966
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Republic declared
Succeeded by
Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza