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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. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.
Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900) was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Her parents were Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Marie's early years were spent in Kent, Malta and Coburg . After refusing a proposal from her cousin, the future King George V , she was chosen as the future wife of Ferdinand, then crown prince of Romania, in ...
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha [ˈzaksn̩ ˈkoːbʊʁk ˈɡoːtaː]), was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. [1] It lasted from 1826 to 1918.
In 1826, Saxe-Coburg acquired the city of Gotha from the neighbouring Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and gave up Saalfeld to Saxe-Meiningen, becoming Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The dynasty of this name was therefore founded by Leopold's eldest brother, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the father of Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom.
Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld: 4. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld: 9. Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: 2. Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry: 10. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf: 5. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf: 11. Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg: 1.
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1844–1893 Albert The Prince Consort 1819 1861 2nd son of Ernest I: Title held from father's ascension until his death. Consort of the United Kingdom 1840–1861 Ferdinand King Ferdinand II 1816 1885 1st son of Ferdinand: Title held from father's ascension until his death. King of Portugal 1837–1853 August: 1818 ...
Charlotte of Belgium (French: Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony).