King Manuel II (1889-1932) and Auguste Vitória of Hohenzollern (1890-1966)


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Today in Royal History is the 53rd Death Anniversary of Augusta Viktoria, Queen of Portugal and Algarves. She was married to the exiled King of Portugal, Manuel II and had no children. 7 years after her husband's death, she married Count Robert Douglas, a Swedish noble.
 
theroyalfly said:
Today in Royal History is the 53rd Death Anniversary of Augusta Viktoria, Queen of Portugal and Algarves. She was married to the exiled King of Portugal, Manuel II and had no children. 7 years after her husband's death, she married Count Robert Douglas, a Swedish noble.
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When and where did Augusta Viktoria first meet Count Robert Douglas?
 
CyrilVladisla said:
When and where did Augusta Viktoria first meet Count Robert Douglas?
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Wikipedia (yes, I know its not the most reliable source) calls him her "jugendfreund" so they'd probably known each other for a long time. To call Count Douglas a Swedish noble is only half the truth. His grandmother was a morganactic daughter of Grand Duke Ludvig of Baden and he had extensive estates in Southern Germany. His relationship with the royal families of the area was close and he even sheltered the Baden family after they had escaped Karlsruhe during the revolution.
The Douglas family still own Langenstein Castle and other estates in the area and Robert's grand nieces married into the houses of Wittelsbach and Marlborough.
 
:previous: Blog Real, Was Manuel II in Portugal or in England?
 
King Manoel and Queen Augusta of Portugal visit the Princess Louise Military Orthopaedic Hospital at Chailey . A march of cripples . 18 June 1918
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/pt/...raphy_ProvidedCHO_TopFoto_co_uk_EU009157.html

Earl Howe and King Manoel taking a stroll at Gospall, Earl Howe's Leicestershire seat.
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Sitting next to the bridal couple (from left): Queen Amélie, King Manoel II and Queen Augusta Viktoria of Portugal and the Prince of Piedmont (later King Umberto II of Italy).
https://twitter.com/x/status/1094854501855621120

King Manoel and Queen Augusta Victoria at Tonbridge Castle, 2nd July 1914
http://tonbridgehistory.org.uk/photos/royal-visits-and-occasions/slides/20.071.html
 
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Did Manuel still live in Kensington Palace?
I found this story that says the following:

"He is making preparations to forsake the temporary abode in Richmond in wich he took up is residence pending his return in triumph to Lisbon, and to take up permanent quarters in the most aristocratic flats in the whole world - Kensington Palace."

"It is in these circumstances that King George has come forward wit an offer of a suite of rooms in Kensongton Palace for Manuel and is mother."

I am reading and have lots of interesting information.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85040721/1912-11-01/ed-1/seq-3/

Video of the funeral of King Manuel II
Cinemateca - Ficha

1912. Prince Felix Youssoupoff with Manuel II of Portugal, and Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna in 1912. Looks to be Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the younger sitting next to Maria Georgievna

https://66.media.tumblr.com/83488764faff2a5bba21d26692b005a7/tumblr_ofx4exns0k1u2cpo1o1_500.jpg

King D. Manuel II looms at the window of the Palace of Necessities
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King Manuel II of Portugal (at the right) goes to hunt.

He s using glasses, i never saw him wearing them.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/9792e423bfee330b075f9e2ff54c3dc0/tumblr_mruatcUZWv1qzjmo0o1_500.jpg
 
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Blog Real said:
Video of the funeral of King Manuel II
Cinemateca - Ficha
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Thanks for posting the clip. Manuel II would have been a much-loved King, I think. Along with Austria's Emperor Karl, Romania's King Mihai and Bulgaria's Tsar Simeon II and Italy's Umberto II, maybe Constantine II as well, he is one of a group of potentially good Kings whose reigns were cut short.
 
:previous: Blog Real, That is an excellent find! This is the first I have seen Manuel II wearing eyeglasses.
 
As the last king of Portugal lived exile.

A few hours after the Republic was proclaimed in Lisbon on October 5, 1910, the royal family departs from the fishermen's beach in Ericeira on the yacht Amelia. King Manuel II lived the rest of his days in exile in England.

On October 5, 1910, the implantation of the republic in Portugal was proclaimed, after the victory of the revolution. On that day, the royal family was already gathered at the Palace of Mafra and it is on the fishermen's beach in Ericeira, that embarks on the yacht Amelia still with unknown destination.

https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/como-o-ultimo-rei-de-portugal-viveu-o-exilio_v1103107
 
What did he die OF I mean
 
The demise of Manuel was suffocation by an abnormal swelling in the vocal folds of his larynx.
 
King Manuel II with the Marquis of Lavradio, his private secretary:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7J54zxG...49_1759832357374830_3514298860499852143_n.jpg

King Manuel II accompanied by the Marquis of Lavradio and the Viscount of Asseca in London in 1909:
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King Manuel II with Viscount of Asseca:
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King D. Manuel II at his home in Fulwell Park with the last Viscount of Asseca and his children:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fkkmqG2p...33_10216443705714863_390747358561828864_n.jpg
 
Photos of King Manuel II when he was still a child:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ePsPfgF...QfjvP9XgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/18395507_ugQVW.jpeg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tvNXm2np...SoIjQnqZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/17458102_OqFB7.png

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EqsLpFZ-...cBGAsYHQ/s354/N104_0028_branca_t0+%281%29.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WdJgK5fj...wn_Prince_and_Prince_Manuel%2C_Sept._1890.jpg

https://c1.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/B0c1514b9/16578138_Ytrmn.jpeg

https://c1.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/B5b163ecc/16822549_3zV2Z.jpeg

https://c1.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/Bc31597b0/16474531_OqluC.jpeg

https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...almonarquias/2020/18376045_Rfrsk.jpeg?size=xl

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3LsAojq...289_248160525999200_2786980321046822912_n.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lkaag8z1...244_745037722940065_5224227383429624331_o.jpg

https://c026204.cdn.sapo.io/1/c0262...narquias/2020/N115_0007_branca_t0.jpg?size=xl

https://fotos.web.sapo.io/i/o811319f6/17798485_Nd7fz.png

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King Manuel II and Queen Augusta Victoria with King George V and Queen Mary attending an event in London.
On this occasion we can see King Manuel II wearing glasses.

 
Are there pictures of King Manuel II with his cousin, Prince Aimone, Duke of Spoleto?
 
Rare recording of the voice of King Manuel II in 1908.

 
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