Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha He was born on August 26, 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, in Bavaria. He was the youngest son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. When she was seven years old, her father divorced her mother on the grounds of adultery, and she was sent to live in Switzerland, forbidding her to see her children.
The paper of Alberto as an adviser to his wife he came into full force after the death of Lord Melbourne, the prime minister who exercised a strong paternal influence over Victoria; Alberto he began to act then, as the queen’s private secretary. He encouraged his wife to take a greater interest in social welfare and invited Lord Shaftesbury, the driving force behind the successive “factory minutes“(a series of laws passed by Parliament to limit the number of hours worked by women and children in textile factories first, and then in all industries), to Buckingham Palace to discuss the issue of child labor.
The constitutional position of Albertohowever, it was difficult, and although he exercised his influence tactfully and intelligently, he never enjoyed great public popularity during Victoria’s reign. It was not until 1857 that it was formally recognized by the nation and given the title of “Prince Consort“.
Alberto He took an active interest in the arts, science, commerce, and industry. He planned the World’s Fair of 1851, with a view to celebrating the great strides of the British industrial age and the expansion of the empire. He used the proceeds to help establish the South Kensington museum complex in London.
In the fall of 1861, Albert intervened in a diplomatic conflict between Great Britain and the United States, and his influence probably helped prevent war between the two countries.
When he died suddenly of typhoid fever on December 14, 1861, Victoria was overwhelmed with grief and grieved until the end of her life. She commissioned a series of monuments in his honor, such as the Royal Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, completed in 1876.
Alberto and Victoria had nine children, most of whom married heirs to other royal houses in Europe.