- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFranz Albrecht August Karl Emanuel von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Prince Albert was born on August 26, 1819 in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German Confederation [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Queen Victoria's Empire (2001) and The Windsors: A Royal Family (1994). He was married to Queen Victoria. He died on December 14, 1861 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- SpouseQueen Victoria(February 10, 1840 - December 14, 1861) (his death, 9 children)
- Children
- ParentsErnest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrincess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-AltenburgDuchess Marie of WürttembergAlexander von Hanstein, Count of Pölzig and Beiersdorf
- RelativesErnest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(Sibling)Berta Ernestine von Schauenstein(Half Sibling)Ernst Albert Bruno von Bruneck(Half Sibling)Freiherr Robert Ferdinand von Bruneck(Half Sibling)Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld(Aunt or Uncle)Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia(Aunt or Uncle)Duchess of Kent and Strathearn(Aunt or Uncle)Marianne Charlotte von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha(Aunt or Uncle)Queen Victoria(Cousin)Grand Duchess Olga(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Tatiana(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Maria(Great Grandchild)Grand Duchess Anastasia(Great Grandchild)Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov(Great Grandchild)King George VI(Great Grandchild)Duke of Windsor(Great Grandchild)Princess Mary(Great Grandchild)Duke of Gloucester(Great Grandchild)Duke of Kent(Great Grandchild)Prince John(Great Grandchild)King George V(Grandchild)Prince Albert Victor(Grandchild)Princess Louise(Grandchild)Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom(Grandchild)Dronning Maud(Grandchild)King Olav V(Great Grandchild)King Leopold II(Cousin)Dronning Ingrid(Great Grandchild)Viktoria Luise von Preußen(Great Grandchild)King Paul of Greece(Great Grandchild)Juan de Borbón(Great Grandchild)Alfonso de Borbón(Great Grandchild)Jaime de Borbón(Great Grandchild)Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg(Great Grandchild)María Cristina de Borbón y Battenberg(Great Grandchild)Infante Gonzalo of Spain(Great Grandchild)Lady Iris Mountbatten(Great Grandchild)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Grandchild)Marija Karadjordjevic(Great Grandchild)King Carol II(Great Grandchild)Elena of Greece and Denmark(Great Grandchild)Mother Alexandra(Great Grandchild)King Georgios II(Great Grandchild)Princess Alice of Battenberg(Great Grandchild)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Grandchild)Crown Prince Hohenzollern(Great Grandchild)August Wilhelm von Preußen(Great Grandchild)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Grandchild)Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen(Great Grandchild)Prince Henry of Prussia(Grandchild)Princess Irene of Prussia(Grandchild)Prince Waldemar of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Prince Sigismund of Prussia(Great Grandchild)Victoria Mountbatten(Grandchild)Queen Louise(Great Grandchild)Louis Mountbatten(Great Grandchild)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Grandchild)Ernest Louis(Grandchild)Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia(Grandchild)Vladimir Kirillovits Romanov(Great Grandchild)Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine(Great Grandchild)Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse Georg Donatus(Great Grandchild)Prince Of Hesse And By Rhine Louis(Great Grandchild)Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine(Grandchild)Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine(Grandchild)Tsarina Alexandra(Grandchild)Queen Marie of Romania(Grandchild)Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg(Grandchild)Alexandra Beatrice of Hohenlohe-Langenburg(Great Grandchild)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Grandchild)Prince Gustaf Adolf(Great Grandchild)Princess Sibylla(Great Grandchild)Prince Sigvard Bernadotte(Great Grandchild)Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén(Great Grandchild)Carl Johan Bernadotte(Great Grandchild)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Grandchild)Princess Alice(Grandchild)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward(Grandchild)
- Delivered by gynecologist Dr. Marianna Theodore Charlotte Heidenreich von Siebold, who had delivered Queen Victoria three months earlier.
- He and Queen Victoria were first cousins.
- It is said that after Albert died, and for the rest of her life, Queen Victoria decided important questions based on what she thought he would have done. She kept a photo of him in his coffin at her bedside.
- The Royal Albert Hall was named after him, after Queen Victoria dedicated it to him.
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