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2 days ago · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; [1] 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.
3 days ago · Within this reign, we find the ‘forgotten prince’: Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, the subject of this collection of essays edited by Steven Gunn and Linda Monckton. Seven years prior to this anniversary, on the afternoon of Thursday 2 May 2002, a simple wooden coffin made its way in procession from Ludlow Castle towards Worcester Cathedral ...
5 days ago · But Edward changed his mind after Japan’s 1905 victory over Russia, and sent Prince Arthur of Connaught to Tokyo on a Garter mission to present the Emperor with the insignia.
2 days ago · Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Victoria and Albert's third son, was initially heir presumptive. However, sections of the German press objected to a foreigner taking the throne, and Wilhelm II opposed a man who had served in the British army becoming ruler of a German state.
4 days ago · “Princess Elizabeth is acting for the first time with the Queen, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught.” Towards the end of the year in November, Elizabeth even found herself undertaking royal duties in Scotland, launching the HMS Vanguard, a 45,000-ton battleship. However, while George VI was ...
2 days ago · He was named Albert after his father and Edward after his maternal grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. He was known as Bertie to the royal family throughout his life. As the eldest son of the British sovereign, Edward was automatically Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay at birth.
2 days ago · A window to H.R.H. Arthur, Duke of Connaught, president, 1904. Nave, north side : Window No. 1 (from the east). Nos. 1 to 11 formed the upper part of the second window from the east on the south side of the old chapel.
