Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the husband of Queen Victoria and consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the ti
Albert (left) with his elder brother, Ernest, and mother, Louise, shortly before her exile from court
Portrait by John Partridge, 1840
Armorial bookplate of Prince Albert
Portrait by Winterhalter, 1842
Ernest I served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844. He was the father of Prince Albert, who wa
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
…named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged. Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His first cousin and future wife, Victoria, had been born earlier in the same year with the…
Portrait by George Dawe, c. 1819