On This Day In History . 26 August 1819 . Prince Albert was born . . Albert was born at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, & his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. . ◼ Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Full name: Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; later The Prince Consort; was the husband of Queen Victoria. . ◼ He was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. . ◼ At the age of 20 he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, with whom he would ultimately have nine children. . ◼ At first, Albert felt constrained by his position as consort, which did not confer any power or duties upon him. Over time he adopted many public causes, such as educational reform & a worldwide abolition of slavery, & took on the responsibilities of running the Queen's household, estates & office. . ◼ He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Albert aided in the development of Britain's constitutional monarchy by persuading his wife to show less partisanship in her dealings with Parliament. . ◼ He died at the early age of 42 on 14 December 1861, plunging the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life. Upon Queen Victoria's death in 1901, their eldest son, Edward VII, succeeded as the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1819 #PrinceAlbert #PrinceConsort #RoyalFamily #Royals #Royal #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #Royalty #Monarchy #History #RoyaltyinArt #BritishMonarchy #D26Aug #QueenVictoria #RoyalHistory #Instahistory #Coburg #Germany #deutschland #OnThisDay #historyfacts #buckinghampalace (at Coburg, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1oXzo9AOmK/?igshid=zmariro1gks5