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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 al...
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Signature. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; [1] 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. He received the unique title of Prince Consort in 1857 from his wife.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.. Portrait by John Partridge, 1840..to most people he is seen merely as Queen Victoria’s husband, whose death led to her years of seclusion and whom she turned into an almost too good to be true character: angel Albert, the truest, purest icon whose virtues were so many that no other human – least of all her children – could ever hope to emulate him.
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) 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 Castle in 1861. His patronage of the arts in Britain led to ...
Prince Albert was born in Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany and was the second son of Ernest Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His parent’s marriage was turbulent and in 1824 they separated. His mother Louise was exiled from court and married her lover Alexander von Hanstein.
30 de abr. de 2021 · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Queen Victoria and their children by John Jabez Edwin Mayal, c. 1861, via The National Portrait Gallery, London Victoria and Albert’s marriage produced nine children, all of whom survived into adulthood: remarkably rare for the era. Victoria’s fertility proved immeasurable for the British Empire.
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). He was baptised Franz Albert August Karl Emanuel, though the angli-cised Albert became his preferred name early on.
