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The future George VI was born during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends. His father ascended the throne as George V in 1910. As the second son of the king, Albert was not ...
In August 1860, the cartes were released in the form of a Royal Album, consisting of 14 small portraits of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children. [10] The Royal Album was an immediate success, and hundreds of thousands were sold as Britons began collecting carte de visite portraits of famous people, a fad which Gernsheim credits to ...
Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte.Until 1817, King George's only legitimate grandchild was Edward's niece Princess Charlotte of Wales, the daughter of George, Prince Regent (who would become George IV).
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 ...
In 1840, Queen Victoria married her German cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The couple had nine children, who themselves married into various royal families, and the queen thus became known as the 'grandmother of Europe'. [20] [11] In 1861, Albert died. [19] Victoria went into mourning and withdrew from public life for ten years. [11]
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.
Son of Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Alexandra of Denmark St George's Chapel 10 March 1863 6 children 6 May 1910 Buckingham Palace Aged 68 Son of Victoria House of Windsor [m] George V [13] George Frederick Ernest Albert 6 May 1910 [n] — 20 January 1936 (25 years, 260 days) 3 June 1865 Marlborough House
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (George William Frederick Charles; 26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904) was a member of the British royal family, a grandson of King George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895.