Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Male 1819 - 1861  (42 years)


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  • Name Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 
    Title Prince 
    Born 26 Aug 1819  Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 19 Sep 1819  Marble Hall, Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 23 Ded 1861  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 14 Dec 1861  Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14374  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2021 

    Family Victoria of United Kingdom, I,   b. 24 May 1819, Kensington Palace, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1901, Osborne House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 10 Feb 1840  Saint James's Palace, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Edward of United Kingdom, VII,   b. 9 Nov 1841, Buckingham Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1910, Buckingham Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F5766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Keijsers;[1] created Prince Consort 1857; 26 August 1819 ? 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria.

      He was born at Schloss Rosenau (a former castle converted into a ducal country house) in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of 20, he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria; they had nine children. Initially he felt constrained by his role of consort, which did not afford him any power or responsibilities, but gradually developed a reputation for supporting many public causes, such as educational reform and the abolition of slavery worldwide, and was entrusted with running the Queen's household, office and estates. He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was a resounding success.

      The Queen came to depend more and more on his support and guidance. He aided the development of Britain's constitutional monarchy by persuading his wife to be less partisan in her dealings with Parliament?although he actively disagreed with the interventionist foreign policy pursued during Lord Palmerston's tenure as Foreign Secretary.

      Albert died at the relatively young age of 42, plunging the Queen into deep mourning. On her death in 1901, their eldest son succeeded as Edward VII, the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged.


    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1441/francis_charles_augustus_emmanuel-albert_of_saxe-coburg_and_gotha
    • English Royalty. He is remembered as the Prince Consort of his cousin, Queen Victoria of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, whom he married on February 10, 1840 at the Chapel Royal, Saint James Palace, in London, England.