Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-09-12
FORMER KING
MANUEL WEEDS
portuga|s DethrOned Ruler Is
Married to German Princess
COUPLE GET COSTLY GIFTS


Brides Father, Prince William, OF
HohenzolIern - Enormous Crowds
Feast at Tables Set Along Road
ways.
To an accompaniment OF pomp
commonly associated with royalty'
former King Manuel of Portugal was
married to Princess Augustine VIC
toria of Hohenzollern in the castle Oh
the brides father at SIgmarlngen'
Germany.
The ceremonies, which followed the
Roman Catholic ritual, were con-
Quoted by Cardinal Netto, former
archbishop patriarch of Lisbon.
There was a brilliant gathering OF
princes and princesses. Among them
were the prince of Wales, represent
ing King George of England; Prince
Eitel Friedrich, representing Emperor
William of Germany; Prince and
Princess Henry XXXI1 of Reuss;
Princess Friedrich of Hohenzoilern;
Princes Carroll and Princess Eliza
beth. Also among the seventy-hVe
guests were the Duke of Mont Pen
sier, who declined to be King of AL:
bania; Queen Mother Amelie of Por-
tugal; the Infante and Infanta Carlos
of Spain, representing King Alfonso;
the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, the
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess OF
Baden; the Duke of Oporto, of Portu-
gal, uncle of ex-King Manuel; the
Duke and Duchess dAosta of Italy,
representing King Victor Emmanuel;
Prince William of .Hohenzollern,
father of the bride, and Count August
Eulenburg, grand marshal to the
reigning Hohenzollern family in Ger
many.
Enormous crowds Of townsfolk and
strangers began gathering around the
castle early in the day. Prince
William had great tables set along the
roadway, filed with good things to
eat and drink, and all were invited to
help themselves.
Before the religious rites civil
ceremony was conducted by Count
August Eulenburg, who is empowered
to conduct such functins by reason OF
the high office he holds.
Princess Augustine was given away
by her father. Four royal princesses
were bridesmaids. The bride wore a
white satin gown, with long train
and trimmed with lace which had
been in the family for many decades.
Sigmaringen Castle is a picturesque
spot, setting high on rocky promin-
tory above the Danube. From Its win
dows can be seen mighty stretch OF
uplands, running down to the wooded
banks Of the Danube, so old in song
and story.
The wedding gifts cost a fortune.
The Royalists of Portugal collected
$4,000 and sent some handsome
plate. The groom presented his bride
with a costly string of pearls. King
George and Queen Mary of England
sent a silver dinner service, and
Queen Mother Alexandra OF England
sent a gold wine service.
Although ex-King Manuel and his
bride are bound by blood ties, the re
lationship is somewhat distant and
offered no obstacle to the marriage.
The paternal grandmother of Princess
Augustine Victoria was the Infanta
Antonio Of Portugal, sister of Man
fo inc mic n
gal
The princess is the only daughter Of
Prince William, head of the non
reigning line of Hohenzollerns, who
live in Suabia, in southern Germany,
and still adhere to the Catholic faith.
The relationship between this line Of
Hohenzollerns and the line of which
the kaiser is the head is very remote,
and it is necessary to go back hun
dreds Of years to trace it. The Ho-
henzollerns Of Suabit and the Prus-
sian branch of the family have not in
termarried to any reat extent, most of
the Suabian -Hohenzollprn alliances
having been with the Spanish and
French nobility and royalty.
Manuel was born November Is,
1889, and hence is year and half
older than his bride. While he was
sitting on the throne Of Portugal it was
believed he would marry an English
girl In the fall of 1909, on trip to
England, it was expected he would
ask for the hand Of Princess Patricia
of Connaught or Of Alexandra, the
present Duchess Of Fife, who will be
married to Prince Arthur of Con-
naught in October. There was also a
rumor of the possibility Of his mar
rage to the daughter of the kaiser.
who recently married the heir of the
Duke of Cumberland.
The castle at Sigmaringen, the
home Of the bride and scene of the
wedding ceremony today, was granted
to the senior branch of the Hohenzol-
lerns by Emperor Charles Y In 1884.
1t had previously belonged to to the
De Montford and Werdenberg fami-
lies, both of which became extinct.
Manuel was married on Portuguese
soil, for a sack of earth had been sent
from Lisbon for him to stand on dur