Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen VictoriaSitter in 209 portraits
Artist associated with 2 portraits
Second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; married his cousin, Queen Victoria, 1840, and played an influential role in public life. Noted as a patron of the arts, Prince Albert was largely responsible for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Watch a film clip on the sitter from the BBC Archive in the Media section below
Sketch for 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
pencil, circa 1846
NPG 343b
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, 1846
NPG D35052
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (son)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (son)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (grandson)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (daughter)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (son)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (daughter)
- King Edward VII (son)
- King George V (grandson)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter)
- Leopold I, King of the Belgians (uncle)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (wife)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (daughter)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (granddaughter)
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