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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.
He was the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was christened Albert Edward at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 25 January 1842. [a] He was named Albert after his father and Edward after his maternal grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.
Victoria continued to praise Albert following his second visit in October 1839. Albert and Victoria felt mutual affection and the Queen proposed to him on 15 October 1839, just five days after he had arrived at Windsor. [5] They were married on 10 February 1840, in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace, London. Victoria was besotted.
By 1836, Victoria's maternal uncle Leopold, who had been King of the Belgians since 1831, hoped to marry her to Prince Albert, [23] the son of his brother Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold arranged for Victoria's mother to invite her Coburg relatives to visit her in May 1836, with the purpose of introducing Victoria to Albert. [ 24 ]
Queen Victoria 1819–1901 r. 1837–1901: Albert Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1819–1861: ... King of Denmark 1818–1906: Queen Victoria 1819–1901 r. 1837–1901:
The Princess Royal as a young child. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842.. Princess Victoria was born on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace, London.She was the first child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert.
In an excerpt from Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir Spare (reposted by Buzzfeed News), the Duke of Sussex, 39, revealed that his dad wanted to name him after Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince ...
The Royal Mausoleum is a mausoleum for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert.It is located on the Frogmore estate within the Home Park at Windsor in Berkshire, England.. It was listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England in October 1975.