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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.
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]
In 1836, Ernest and Albert visited their matrimonially eligible cousin Princess Victoria of Kent, spending a few weeks at Windsor Castle. [13] Both boys, especially Albert, were considered by their family to be a potential husband for the young princess, and they were both taught to speak competent English . [ 14 ]
Ernest I's second son, Prince Albert (1819–1861), married his first cousin Queen Victoria in 1840 (Victoria's mother was a sister of Ernest I). Prince Albert thus is the progenitor of the United Kingdom's current royal family, called the House of Windsor since 1917. [4]
Prince Albert of Prussia: Princess Marianne of the Netherlands: 14 September 1830: Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Queen Victoria: 10 February 1840: Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf: Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ...
Queen Victoria 1819–1901 r. 1837–1901: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1819–1861: Alexander II Emperor of Russia 1855–1881: Frederick III, German Emperor King of Prussia 1831–1888: Victoria, Princess Royal 1840–1901: King Edward VII 1841–1910 r. 1901–1910: Alexandra of Denmark 1844–1925: Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse ...
Following his grandmother Queen Victoria's wishes, he was named Albert Victor after the Queen and her late husband, Prince Albert. [3] As a grandchild of the reigning British monarch in the male line and a son of the Prince of Wales, he was formally styled His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales from birth.
In Great Britain, Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert were Leopold's first cousins, while Leopold I of Belgium was Leopold's paternal and Victoria's maternal uncle, and Leopold's brother was King Ferdinand II of Portugal, husband of Queen Maria II of Portugal.