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George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first head of the Commonwealth ...
British History. Albert: Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Born: 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, Saxe-Coburg. Died: 14 December 1861 at Windsor Castle, England. Consort Tenure: 10 February 1940 - 1861. The German prince who swept the young Queen Victoria off her feet and shared her life for 21 years was also a man of ambition.
Oct 30, 2017 · It was Queen Victoria’s darkest day. On December 14, 1861, her husband of 21 years, Prince Albert, died at the age of just 42. She never got over his death, and dressed in black for the rest of ...
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Dec 15, 2018 · In a continuation of our two-part series, our Historian, Elizabeth Jane Timms, looks back at the death of Prince Albert: The passing of the Prince Consort is, of course, synonymous with the Blue ...
Apr 30, 2023 · Albert. Albert was born on 14 December 1895. His birthdate happened to be the anniversary of his great-grandfather’s death, and he was named Albert to honour the Prince Consort, husband of the still-reigning Queen Victoria. To close friends and family, however, he was affectionately known as ‘Bertie’.
Albert installed darkrooms at Windsor Castle, and his regular attendance at photographic studios and exhibitions was widely reported in the press. Albert as visionary Exercise books from Albert’s youth in Coburg, featuring meticulous lists of translations interspersed with fantastical doodles, suggest a curious mind matched by an active imagination and aesthetic sensibility.
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George VI (born December 14, 1895, Sandringham, Norfolk, England—died February 6, 1952, Sandringham) was the king of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. The second son of the future king George V, the prince served in the Royal Navy (1913–17), the Royal Naval Air Service (1917–19), and the Royal Air Force (1919) and then attended ...
