Prince Albert (of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha)¹ (M)
b. 26 August 1819, d. 14 December 1861, #10465
Pedigree
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     Prince Albert (of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, , Germany.² He was the son of Ernest I (of Saxe-Coburg) and Louise (of Saxe-Gotha).² Prince Albert (of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) married Queen Victoria Hanover of England, daughter of Edward Augustus (of Hanover) and Victoria Mary Louisa (of Saxe-Coburg), on 10 February 1840 in London, England.^2,3 Prince Albert (of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) died on 14 December 1861 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, at age 42.^2,1 He was buried in Frogmore, Windsor, England.²
     Albert, called the Prince Consort, was the husband of Queen Victoria of Britain. The son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, he was born on Aug.26, 1819, near Coburg, Bavaria. He married the young Victoria in 1840. As her closest advisor, Albert exercised a restraining influence on the impulsive queen, especially in political matters. Among the political leaders of the period, Albert worked well with Sir Robert Peel but quarreled frequently with Viscount Palmerston. In the Trent Affair of 1861 the prince actually moderated the hostility of Palmerston's government toward the United States. Albert was a patron of the arts and sciences and one of the organizers of the Great Exhibition of 1851. His zeal for public moralism in many ways set the tone of mid-Victorian England. Albert's death on Dec. 14, 1861, partly the result of overwork, deeply affected Victoria, who went into seclusion for several years.² He was titled Prince Consort.¹

Last Edited=17 Aug 2003