#albert edward

[royalty-nobility]

The Family of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII

Artist: Rudolf Geyling (Austrian, 1839-1904)

Date: 1876

Medium: OIl on canvas

Collection: The Royal Collection, United Kingdom, Dining Room, Osborne House

Description

A family group. Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, stands with his arms folded behind Princess Alexandra who is seated, in day dress, with Princess Maud and a bouquet of flowers on her lap. On the left stands Prince Albert Victor in highland dress, holding a gun. In the background is a view of Sandringham.

[thepompandcircumstance]

TM King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom.

[grandestates101]

Frogmore House, Duchess Of Kent’s Sitting Room.

[royalmotherhood]

Queen Victoria with her husband, Prince Albert, her eldest son, Albert Edward (the future Edward VII) and one of her younger daughters, either Helena or Louise.

[treasuresfromthearchives]

Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's for the Recovery of the Prince of Wales from Typhoid Fever, February 27, 1872

Medalist: Alfred Benjamin Wyon British

Medalist: Joseph Shepherd Wyon British

1872

[mary-tudor]

On this day, in 1841, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives birth to her eldest son and heir to the crown, Prince Albert Edward. He would become king Edward VII upon her death in 1901. 

[experienced12]

 Albert Edward,  King Edward VII:

 Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, by Winterhalter, 1846

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, he was largely excluded from political power, and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties, and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but despite public approval his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.

[historylovinggeek]

The Children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

1.  Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa [”Vicky”, “Princess Royal” and later the “German Empress and Queen consort of Prussia”]

Born: 21 November 1840

Married: 25 January 1858 to Prince Frederick William of Prussia

Died: 5 August 1901

2.  Albert Edward [”Bertie", “Prince of Wales” and later “King Edward VII of Great Britain”]

Born: 9 November 1841

Married:  10 March 1863 to Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Died: 6 May 1910

3.  Alice Maud Mary [Later “Princess Louis of Hesse and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine”]

Born: 25 April 1843 

Married: 1 July 1862 to Prince Louis of Hesse  

Died:14 December 1878

4.  Alfred Ernest Albert [”Affie”, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]

Born: 6 August 1844 

Married: 23 January 1874 to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia,

Died: 30 July 1900

5.  Helena Augusta Victoria [“Lenchen”. Later “Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein”]

Born: 25 May 1846 

Married: 5 July 1866 to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

Died: 9 June 1923

6.  Louise Caroline Alberta [Later “Duchess of Argyll”]

Born: 8 March 1848

Married: 21 March 1871 to John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne

Died: 3 December 1939 

7.  Arthur William Patrick Albert [Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]

Born: 1 May 1850 

Married: 13 March 1879 to Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia,

Died: 16 January 1942 

8.  Leopold George Duncan Albert [Duke of Albany]

Born: 7 April 1853

Married: 27 April 1882 to Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Died: 28 March 1884

9.  Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore [”Baby”. Later “Princess Henry of Battenberg"]

Born: 14 April 1857  

Married: Prince Henry of Battenberg on 23 July 1885

Died:  26 October 1944

Sources: All images are taken from the Royal Collection Website:

RCIN 422030

RCIN 422027

RCIN 422032 

RCIN 422029

RCIN 422033

RCIN 422035

RCIN 422028

RCIN 422031

RCIN 422034