A Life of Royal Service
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the husband of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort of the British monarch. Born in 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany, he was the son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. He studied law, political economy, philosophy, and the history of art at the University of Bonn. Following his marriage to Victoria in 1840, he became heavily involved in the organization of the Great Exhibition of 1851. His public roles included serving as President of the Society for the Arts and President of the Society for the Extinction of Slavery.
Prince Albert was not a visual artist, though he was a patron and collector of artworks, including pieces by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Fra Angelico. He also composed musical works, such as the duet Die Liebe hat uns nun vereint and several choral pieces for Anglican worship.
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