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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, created Prince Consort 1857. 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the hu...
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Prince Albert was best known as the husband of Queen Victoria. Despite being the husband of one of the most powerful people in the world, his life was not all rainbows and sunshine. ...more ...
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Prince Albert’s early years were marked by the disastrous marriage of his parents who led extramarital affairs. His father was Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his mother...
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
On 10 February 1840, Queen Victoria married Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (he later took the title of Prince Consort). They were married at the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace in London. This was the first marriage of a reigning English Queen since Queen Mary in 1554.
Prince Albert was the second son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. In 1840 he married Queen Victoria. At this time the United Kingdom was the pre-eminent world power and a country at the cutting edge of technical and social change in the nineteenth century.
Dec 13, 2023 · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: The reformer who never quite understood the nation. His zeal doused by public apathy and establishment ambivalence, Albert became gradually overwhelmed by disillusionment.
