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Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern [bʊʁk hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. [a] The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
Isabella of Portugal (Isabel in Portuguese and Spanish) (1428 – 15 August 1496) was Queen of Castile and León as the second wife of King John II. She was the mother of Queen Isabella I of Castile .
Hohenzollern r. 1869–1885 1811–1885: Frederick III German Emperor King of Prussia r. 1888 1831–1888: Leopold Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1885–1905 1835–1905: Charles I Domnitor of Romania r. 1866–1881 King of Romania r. 1881–1914 1839–1914: Romanian Branch: William II German Emperor King of Prussia r. 1888–1918 1859–1941 ...
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern: 4. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern: 9. Princess Josephine of Baden: 2. Ferdinand I of Romania: 10. Ferdinand II of Portugal: 5. Infanta Antónia of Portugal: 11. Maria II of Portugal: 1. Princess Ileana of Romania: 12. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 6. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 13 ...
Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (German: Auguste Viktoria Wilhelmine Antonie Mathilde Ludovika Josephine Maria Elisabeth; 19 August 1890 – 29 August 1966) was the daughter of William, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1913, she married the deposed King Manuel II of Portugal. After his death ...
[8] [9] They also built or acquired a number of palaces, castles and houses throughout Europe, many of which remain standing today. In England, they owned a number of country seats in the home counties .
The children of Palhavã (Portuguese Meninos de Palhavã) were three male natural sons of King John V of Portugal (who reigned from 1706 to 1750), which were recognised by the monarch in a document issued in 1742, which was published only after the death of the king, in 1752.