Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Born Franz August Carl Albert Emmanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Titled “HRH Prince Albert” after his marriage until he was created Prince Consort in 1857
Son of Ernst I. Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844) by his first wife Luise, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800-1831)
Born: Schloss Rosenau near Coburg 26. Aug 1819
Christened: Schloss Rosenau 19. Sep 1819
Godparents
Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London 10. Feb 1840 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901), his first cousin, daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) and Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861)
Issue:
Princess Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (1840-1901) m.1858 Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia, later Friedrich III. German Emperor (1831-1888)
Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) m.1863 Alexandra, Princess of Denmark (1844-1925)
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843-1878) m.1862 Ludwig IV. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-1892)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1893 (1844-1900) m. 1874 Maria Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1853-1920)
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846-1923) m.1866 Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917)
Princess Louise of the United Kingdom (1848-1939) m.1871 John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845-1914)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathern (1850-1942) m.1879 Luise Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1860-1917)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884) m.1882 Helene, Princess of Waldeck (1861-1922)
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857-1944) m.1885 Heinrich Prince of Battenberg (1858-1896)
Died: Windsor Castle 14. Dec 1861 from typhoid fever
Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann