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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.
As a son of Prince Albert, he also held the titles of Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on 8 December 1841, Earl of Dublin on 17 January 1850, [4] [5] [b] a Knight of the Garter on 9 November 1858, and a Knight of the Thistle on 24 May 1867. [4]
James Kenneth Stephen, Albert Victor's former tutor, refused all food from the day of Albert Victor's death and died 20 days later; he had suffered a head injury in 1886 which left him suffering from psychosis. [104] The prince is buried in the Albert Memorial Chapel close to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The Banting family also conducted the funerals of King George III in 1820, King George IV in 1830, the Duke of Gloucester in 1834, the Duke of Wellington in 1852, Prince Albert in 1861, Prince Leopold in 1884, and Queen Victoria in 1901. The royal undertaking warrant for the Banting family ended in 1928 with the retirement of William Westport ...
By 1851, Brown's role changed from being gillie and personal friend to Prince Albert [5] to a "permanent role" as the leader of the Queen's pony, "on Prince Albert's instigation". [6] A young John Brown as sketched by Queen Victoria. Prince Albert's untimely death in 1861 was a shock from which Queen Victoria never fully recovered.
When his grandfather Edward VII died in 1910, his father became King George V. Prince Edward became Prince of Wales, with Albert second in line to the throne. [15] Albert spent the first six months of 1913 on the training ship HMS Cumberland in the West Indies and on the east coast of Canada. [16]
King William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, was known as William Rufus. He reigned as King of England from 1087 until his death in 1100, at which point his younger brother, Prince ...
The memorial statue of Albert, by John Henry Foley and Thomas Brock Audio description of the memorial by Joely Richardson. When Prince Albert died on 14 December 1861, at the age of 42, the thoughts of those in government and public life turned to the form and shape of a suitable memorial, with several possibilities, such as establishing a university or international scholarships, being mentioned.