H.R.H. Prince (Francis) Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom

1819 - 1861  (42 years)

• Name	(Francis) Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)  [1]
  Title	H.R.H. Prince
  Suffix	of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom
  Nickname	Prince Albert
  Born	26 Aug. 1819	Schloss Rosenau, Coburg   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Dec. 1861	Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Buried	Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I185	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	4 April 2018

  
  

  Family	H.M. (Alexandrina) Victoria (Hanover), Queen of the United Kingdom,   b. 24 May 1819, Kensington Palace, London, England ,   d. 22 Jan. 1901, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England  (Age 81 years)
  Married	10 Feb. 1840	Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. H.M. Edward VII Albert Edward (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), King of the United Kingdom,   b. 9 Nov. 1841, Buckingham Palace, London, England ,   d. 6 May 1910, Buckingham Palace, London, England  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	4 April 2018
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Shield of Arms of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Quarterly, 1st and 4th, the Royal Arms, with overall a label of three points Argent charged on the centre with cross Gules; 2nd and 3rd, Barry of ten Or and Sable, a crown of rue in bend Vert. On his marriage to Queen Victoria in 1840, Prince Albert was granted his own personal coat of arms, which was the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a three-point label bearing a red cross in the centre, quartered with the arms of Saxony. The Prince's peculiar arms was a "singular example of quartering differenced arms, [which] is not in accordance with the rules of Heraldry, and is in itself an heraldic contradiction." Prior to his marriage he used the arms of his father, undifferenced, following German practice.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Sovereign Families of Europe (Online), William Bortrick, https://www.burkespeerage.com/royalFamily_UnitedKingdom.php.