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Officially, Prince Albert’s father was Ernest I Duke Of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, however his marriage to Albert’s mother, Princess Louise Of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was an unhappy one
- Who Was Prince Albert?
- Early Life
- Role as Prince Consort
- Death and Legacy
Prince Albert was born in Bavaria, becoming the prince consort of the United Kingdom and Ireland upon his marriage to Queen Victoria. He served as the queen’s trusted adviser, and he had a hand in both internal and international affairs, advancing social issues in the United Kingdom, masterminding the Great Exhibition of 1851, and helping England a...
Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was born on August 26, 1819, at Schloss Rosenau, in Bavaria. He was the younger son of the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who divorced Albert's mother on grounds of adultery when Albert was 7 years old. Albert attended the University of Bonn in Germany, and in 1840, when he was 20, he marrie...
Albert's new role was serving as prince consort of Great Britain and Ireland, which meant that he had married a sitting queen but had no real power of his own. Thus, soon after their union, Prince Albert essentially became Victoria's private secretary and adviser, and Victoria tended to listen to his advice, which turned out to be level-headed and ...
Prince Albert had been quite sick during his Trent Affair intervention, and on December 14, 1861, he succumbed to what his doctor diagnosed as typhoid. (Modern medical examination of the facts at hand have suggested something more chronic, such as cancer or Crohn’s disease) Queen Victoria was so distraught at Albert's passing that she wore black in...
House of Hanover Family Tree. Name: Prince Albert. Father: Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Mother: Loiuse of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Born: August 26, 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany. Married: Queen Victoria of the United Kigndom, on February 10, 1840. Children: Four sons including Edward VII, and five daughters.
Her mother, the Duchess of Kent, was the sister of both Albert's father—the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha—and King Leopold. Leopold arranged for his sister, Victoria's mother, to invite the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his two sons to visit her in May 1836, with the purpose of meeting Victoria.
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) Born 1819, The Rosenau [Coburg] Died 1861, Windsor Castle. Prince Albert was the second son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He married Queen Victoria (his first cousin) in 1840. Prince Albert was created Prince Consort in 1857 and died at Windsor ...
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. Victoria arrived at the chapel as part of a long carriage procession from ...
Brief Life History of Albert. When Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 August 1819, in Rosenau, Hof, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Ernest I von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, was 35 and his mother, Louise Dorothea Pauline Charlotte Friederike Augusta Von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg -Dutchess of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg, was 18.
