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Prince Albert, the Prince Consort (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861), lived long enough to see only one of his children married (Victoria, the Princess Royal) and two of his grandchildren born (Wilhelm II, 1859–1941, and his sister Princess Charlotte of Prussia, 1860–1919), while Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) lived ...
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.
From left: Charlotte, Victoria , Feodora, and Queen Victoria. As Feodora grew older, various suitors were considered for marriage. The exiled Prince Peter Karađorđević, thirty-six years her senior, unsuccessfully requested her hand in marriage. Another potential candidate was her cousin Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. [65]
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 ...
Prince Edward is the fourth son of Queen Charlotte and King George. He married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (a widow and mother of two) in 1818. The couple had one child together ...
By 1789, Charlotte’s hair turned white under the stress of his illness, reports say.The real king was declared insane in 1811. After the onset of George's permanent madness, the prince of Wales ...
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).
Given that Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, would reach the age of twenty in November 1861, his parents Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, were taking steps to find a bride for him. They enlisted the aid of their eldest (and already-married) daughter, Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia , in seeking a suitable candidate.