Eduard VII was zijn broer en de Duitse keizerin Victoria zijn zuster. British Royalty. Albert was born at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Young Alfred thus acquired the title "H.R.H.

Albert's future wife, Victoria, was born earlier in the same year with the assistance of the same midwife, Charlotte von Siebold.


As a son of the British monarch, he was styled His Royal Highness The Prince Alfred at birth and was second in the line of succession behind his elder brother, The Prince of Wales. Alfred was born at Windsor Castle to the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the second son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of … As were his wishes, he joined the … Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha", but tragically never lived to rule. Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzog von Sachsen, Herzog von Jülich, Kleve und Berg, Herzog von Engern und Westfalen, Landgraf in Thüringen, Markgraf von Meißen, Fürst von Henneberg, Graf von der Mark und Ravenstein, Herr von Ravenstein und Tonna, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent, Earl of Ulster, was born 6 August 1844 atWindsor Castle … ang.Alfred Ernest Albert (ur.6 sierpnia 1844 w zamku Windsor, zm. Famille. Sent to a military school in Potsdam in preparation for this role as a German prince, he fared badly away from his family, and fell into an increasingly dissolute lifestyle. The first duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was Ernest I, who reigned from 1826 until his death in 1844.He had previously been Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 until the duchy was reorganized in 1826.. Ernest's younger brother Léopold became King of the Belgians in 1831, and his descendants continue to serve as Belgian monarchs. He was called Affie by his family. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German: [saks ˈkoːbʊɐ̯k ˈɡoːtaː]), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha – vollständig HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent – (* 6. Alfred Ernst Albert (født 6. august 1844 på Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, død 30. juli 1900 på Schloss Rosenau i Coburg i hertugdømmet Sachsen-Coburg og Gotha i Tyskland) var den tredje hertug av Sachsen-Coburg og Gotha.. Han var andre sønn, og fjerde barn, av dronning Viktoria og prins Albert.Han ble hertug av Edinburgh, jarl av Kent og Ulster 24. mai 1866. Alfred, właśc. He was the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Founded by Ernest Anton, the sixth duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, it is a cadet branch of the Saxon House of Wettin.

Alfred Ernst Albert (født 6. august 1844 på Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, død 30. juli 1900 på Schloss Rosenau i Coburg i hertugdømmet Sachsen-Coburg og Gotha i Tyskland) var den tredje hertug av Sachsen-Coburg og Gotha.. Han var andre sønn, og fjerde barn, av dronning Viktoria og prins Albert.Han ble hertug av Edinburgh, jarl av Kent og Ulster 24. mai 1866.

Alfred devoted himself to his Naval career until 1893, when he inherited the duchy of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha from his uncle. August 1844 auf Windsor Castle, Berkshire; † 30.