prince albert: BORN 1819
Husband of Queen Victoria. The driving force behind the 1851 Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, and the use of the proceeds to establish the South Kensington museums.
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LIFE
Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of 20, he married Victori
Prince Albert and his young family enjoying a sledge ride at Brighton.
Price Albert and Queen Victoria with all their children on holiday at Osborne House, Isle of Wight.
Interior of the 1851 Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, inspired by Prince Albert and designed by Joseph Paxton. Appropriately, the building
Royal Albert Hall, part of Prince Albert’s grand scheme for a South Kensington cultural quarter, with buildings funded by the profits from the 1851 Great Exhibition.