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, father =

William, Prince of Hohenzollern , title = , image = William, Prince of Hohenzollern.jpg , caption = , succession = Prince of Hohenzollern , reign=8 June 1905 – 22 October 1927, reign-type=Tenure, predecessor = Leopold , successor = Frederick , spouse ...

, mother = Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , birth_date = , birth_place =

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...

, German Empire , death_date = , death_place = Eigeltingen,

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, burial_place = Langenstein Castle, Germany Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (german: Auguste Viktoria Wilhelmine Antonie Mathilde Ludovika Josephine Maria Elisabeth; 19 August 1890 – 29 August 1966) was the daughter of

, and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1913, she married the deposed King

Manuel II of Portugal '' Dom'' Manuel II (15 November 1889 – 2 July 1932), "the Patriot" ( pt, "o Patriota") or "the Unfortunate" (), was the last King of Portugal, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father, King Carlos I, and his elder brother, ...

. After his death, Augusta Victoria married a second time. She had no children from either marriage.

Family

She was born in

, a daughter of

, sometime

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to the throne of the

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, (1864–1927) and his first wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, niece of

Empress Sissi Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898) was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Elisabeth was ...

First marriage

On 4 September 1913, Augusta Victoria married King

. He had succeeded to the Portuguese throne with the assassination of his father,

Carlos I of Portugal ''Dom'' Carlos I (; English: King Charles of Portugal; 28 September 1863 – 1 February 1908), known as the Diplomat ( pt, o Diplomata), the Martyr ( pt, o Martirizado), and the Oceanographer ( pt, o Oceanógrafo), among many other names, was ...

, 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

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. The bride was twenty-three years-old and the groom twenty-four. They were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of Queen

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and King

Ferdinand II of Portugal '' Dom'' Ferdinand II ( Portuguese: ''Fernando II'') (29 October 1816 – 15 December 1885) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and King of Portugal ''jure uxoris'' as the husband of Queen Maria II, from the birth ...

. Manuel died on 2 July 1932, at Fulwell Park,

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, 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 Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...

, 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 Charles Frederick (22 November 1728 – 10 June 1811) was Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden (initially only Margrave of Baden-Durlach) from 1738 until his death. Biography Born at Karlsruhe, he was the son of Hereditary Prince Fred ...

. 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,

, Germany, 10 days after her birthday at the age of 76.

Ancestry

References

Sources

* * McNaughton, C. Arnold. ''The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy'' * , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Augusta Victoria Of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1890 births 1966 deaths People from Potsdam People from the Province of Brandenburg House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Portuguese royalty Princesses of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House of Douglas and Angus Portuguese queens consort Remarried royal consorts