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Coat of arms of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as granted in 1840. Upon his marriage to Queen Victoria in 1840, Prince Albert received a personal grant of arms, being the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom differenced by a white three-point label with a red cross in the centre, quartered with his ancestral arms of Saxony.
Edward the Elder reportedly took Ecgwynn as his royal mistress, and she gave birth to his only son and heir, Æthelstan.The suggestion that Ecgwynn was Edward's mistress is accepted by some historians, such as Simon Keynes and Richard Abels, [5] but Yorke and Æthelstan's biographer, Sarah Foot, disagree, arguing that the allegations should be seen in the context of the disputed succession in ...
Louise died of cancer on 30 August 1831, when she was only 30 years old. Years after her death, Queen Victoria described Louise in an 1864 memorandum: "The princess is described as having been very handsome, though very small; fair, with blue eyes; and Prince Albert is said to have been extremely like her". [7]
The king might have a child with a mistress, or the legitimacy of a marriage might be questioned for reasons concerning succession. Notable royal bastards include Robert, Earl of Gloucester , son of Henry I of England , Henry FitzRoy , son of Henry VIII of England , and the Duke of Monmouth , son of Charles II .
The new-born Albert Victor with his parents, 1864. Albert Victor was born two months prematurely on 8 January 1864 at Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire.He was the first child of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and his wife Alexandra of Denmark.
Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse recalled how Alexandrine used to trail behind her husband calling, "Ernst, my treasure"; this caused particular embarrassment at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 when Prince Ernest Louis's brother-in-law Grand Duke Sergei imitated Alexandrine, calling out to Ernest Louis "Ernst, my treasure", not realizing ...
Back in January, Prince George made headlines for telling a dog walker that his name was Archie, sparking debate whether it was a family nickname or just a cute name the 5-year-old gave himself.
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 ]