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Albert (left) with his elder brother, Ernest, and mother, Louise, shortly before her exile from court Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [2]
Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, earning Victoria the sobriquet "grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances.
The brothers travelled to England again in 1839, at which time Victoria found her cousin Albert agreeable, and soon proposed. [19] This connection would have many implications for Ernest in the future; for example, he was selected as godfather for Albert's second daughter Princess Alice , and would eventually come to give her away at her ...
Albert Victor's posthumous reputation became so bad that in 1964 Philip Magnus called his death a "merciful act of providence", supporting the theory that his death removed an unsuitable heir to the throne and replaced him with the reliable and sober George V. [118] In 1972, Michael Harrison was the first modern author to re-assess Albert ...
Ernest I (German: Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig; 2 January 1784 – 29 January 1844) served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844. He was the father of Prince Albert, who was the husband of Queen Victoria.
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The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are the Queen’s first cousin and his wife. When she was born in 1981, she was 18th in line to the crown and is currently 56th. Gabriella herself is a ...
In Berlin-Charlottenburg on 15 June 1939, a civil marriage took place between her and Prince Engelbert-Charles, 16th Duke of Aarschot and 10th Duke of Arenberg, Head of the (formerly Sovereign) House of Arenberg (1899-1974) and, after the annulment of her first marriage, a religious ceremony took place in Münster near Westfalen, on 9 October ...