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ITV's Victoria sees Albert's brother Ernst fall in love with the Queen's Mistress of the Robes, Harriet. Here is the real history behind this storyline. Eleanor Bley Griffiths. Published:...
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In Episode 4, Albert’s brother Ernest began a series of treatments using mercury. Mercury was regularly used in 19th-Century medicine, especially for the treatment of syphilis. Patients were...
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Early life. Albert (left) with his elder brother, Ernest, and mother, Louise, shortly before her exile from court. Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [2]
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (21 June 1818 – 22 August 1893), who married Princess Alexandrine of Baden on 3 May 1842. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861), who married Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on 10 February 1840. They had nine children.
Feb 4, 2018 · Ernest did have syphilis. He was somebody who I think, you know, had had purple patches where he probably consorted with prostitutes. And I think that he contracted syphilis.
Prince Albert's father, Duke Ernest of Coburg, was a brother of Queen Victoria's mother, the widowed Duchess of Kent. Since Albert was a second son, he would have no inheritance and no...
Albert was born on 26 August 1819, the second son of Ernest I (1784–1844), Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha after 1826) and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800–1831).
