Background
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.
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.
Her paternal grandparents were Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal, one of the heiresses to the throne of Portugal. Her maternal grandparents were Prince Louis, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria. 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. 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. 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.
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 the Algarves
2 July 1932 – 23 April 1939: Her Most Faithful Majesty Queen Augusta Viktoria of Portugal and the Algarves
23 April 1939 – 29 August 1966: Her Serene Highness Princess Augusta Viktoria, Countess Robert Douglas.