King Manuel II & Queen Augusta Victoria of Portugal

[Svetabel]

By the way,do you know,are there any other portraits of her...in colour?She had that cold beauty...

Cold beauty? Hmmm...IMHO that aquiline nose makes her look ugly.  :-/

[Marc]

I don't know about her nose   but for me she has very aristocratic features!

[cantacuzene]

Have you repared on her eyes? I have seen that light only in Ena of Battemberg and in Marie de Roumanie.These seems gems.

[Svetabel]

Well-well, I did not want to mock at Augusta Victoria   and her nose. Her eyes are quite beautiful but very sad aren't they?  Actually I saw a photo of her taken in the 1930s...and I  was shocked at the impression of her face and eyes. She did not look beautiful at all in that photo.

[cantacuzene]

Please, Svetabel. Let us see. We would be pleased.
Thank you

[Svetabel]

I really can't find that photo! I saw it for a while ago..somewhere on some site...I only remember that in the photo she has a large hat  on  and horrifying shadows  under her eyes...

[Eurohistory]

In Lisbon there is a marvelous antique store called CAMARA DOS PARES, which sells amazing photos of the Portuguese Royal Family.  I was last there two years ago and left the shop broke, but quite satisfied with my findings.

It is worth going to check it out, even if you cannot buy anything...the royal antiques on display are fantastic.

Arturo Beéche

[MarieCharlotte]

Does anyone have pics of Auguste Victoria's mother Maria Theresia of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies, called Mädi?
Maybe there's even a pic of Mädi and her mother Mathilde, Countess of Trani (called Spatz and sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria)

Thanks ...

[Marc]

[Marc]

And one colour portrait of Madi by Julius Rehder...

[Marc]

Was Auguste Victoria's mother nickname Madi or Maedi(German version)?

[Linnea]

Yes, Maria Theresia´s nickname was Mädi, which is the Bavarian affectionate form of Mädchen=girl.

[MarieCharlotte]

Svetabel, Mädi died in 1909, so there can't be a picture of her taken in the 1930's.  

Linnea, the pic of Mädi on her deathbed is horrible. It looks like she got her long hair cut.
Her cousin Marie Valérie wrote in her diary that Mathilde Trani took care of her daughter all the time. In the last weeks of her life, Mädi seemed to be confused.

[Svetabel]

Svetabel, Mädi died in 1909, so there can't be a picture of her taken in the 1930's.  

Marie, I talked about Augusta Victoria and her looks, not about her mother  

[MarieCharlotte]

ooops, I'm so sorry.