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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861
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Photograph by J. J. E. Mayall, May 1860 | |||
| Tenure | 10 February 1840 – 14 December 1861 | ||
| Born | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1819-08-26)26 August 1819 Schloss Rosenau, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German Confederation | ||
| Died | 14 December 1861(1861-12-14) (aged 42) Windsor Castle, England | ||
| Burial | 23 December 1861 Royal Vault, St George's Chapel; | ||
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| Father | Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||
| Mother | Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||
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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. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.
Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Co
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Prince Albert (1819 - 1861)
Prince Albert, 1854 ©Albert was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria and a significant influence on his wife. She never recovered from his premature death.
Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, in Bavaria, the younger son of the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. When he was seven, his father divorced his mother on grounds of adultery, and she was sent to live in Switzerland and forbidden to see her children. Albert was educated at Bonn University. In 1840, he married his cousin, Queen Victoria. The marriage was unpopular in some quarters, and parliament resisted granting Albert what his wife regarded as a suitable allowance.
Albert's role as advisor to his wife came into full force after the death of Lord Melbourne, the prime minister, who had exerted a strong paternal influence over Victoria, and Albert began to act as the queen's private secretary. He encouraged in his wife a greater interest in social welfare and invited Lord Shaftesbury, the driving force behind successi
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Palace of Holyroodhouse: the Monarch's Official Residence in Edinburgh |
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha lived from 26 August 1819 to 14 December 1861. He was the husband of Queen Victoria and was appointed Prince Consort. He is credited with doing much to modernise the British Monarchy and from a Scottish perspective was the moving force behind the Queen's acquisition of Balmoral Castle in 1852. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Albert was born at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg in Germany. He was the second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. When he was six years old his father became the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. By this time Albert's parents had divorced and in 1824 his mother was exiled from court and married her lover. Albert probably never saw her again before her death in 1831 when he was 12. In 1832 Albert's father married his own niece, Princess Antoinette Marie of Württemberg. Af
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