KING MANOEL'S BRIDE.
A PEEP INTO THE PAST. The report of King Mauoel's engagement was officially confirmed on April 2oth. Queen Amelia received the. news with great satisfaction, and telegrams of congratulation were received from the King and Queen, the •Kaiser, and other royal personages. It was then stated that the date ol the marriage was not fixed, but the engagement was not ljkely to be a long
The bride, Princess Augustine Victoria, the daughter of Prince William, OT Willie]m of Hohenzollern, belongs to the elder branch of the historic House of Hohenzollern, the younger line of which has at its head the German Emperor. The King oi Prussia and Prince William, the bride's father, alike descend from one Count Thassile of Zollerii, in Swabia, one of the generals of Charlemagne. Count Frederick, his successor, built a castle on the heights of the Zollern hill in Swabia, and hence the famous name. Tho older family remained Roman Catholic; the younger turned Protestant, and became Margaves of Bradenburg, then dukes, next Kings of Prussia, and finally German Emperor. But some _750 ; years ago tho elder (Swabian; a'nd younger (Francbnian) lines' became distinct, and in the sixteenth century the elder line, to which King ManoelV brj'de belongs, divided liitoj two branches, the Hechingen and Sigmarihgen) The farmer became ex-' tinct in 1869, and' since l'B7f) the representativo( of the house ' has been the bride's father; wuo calls himself simply 1 Prince William of, Hohenzollern. The Principalities represented wore very small, and in the. troublous limes of 18 IS they were ceded to Prnss(i/\.;,,.. It bo seen..,fhat the,. Princess Augustine Victoria's family is only distantly related to tho Imperial H.ouso of Germany. Tl|o bride's .name in, full. is. Prin-I ce-s3•„ ..Augustine . sjet©fia Wilhelniina' Anthpinctte Mathilda Ludovica Jose-, phine Marie. Elizabeth. .: She was" born! at Potsdam on August 19, 1800., King : Manoelxwas born on November 15, 18S9. !■<■. : ; ~-J
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 10 September 1913, Page 3
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314KING MANOEL'S BRIDE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8, 10 September 1913, Page 3
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