Albert and victoria9/27/2023 ![]() Prince Albert is thought to have died of typhoid at the age of 42 (14 December 1861), leaving Victoria distraught. They had nine children in all and spend 21 years of married life together. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married on 10 February 1840. ![]() Oh! how I adore and love him, I cannot say!!” () “I sent for Albert he came to the Closet where I was alone, and after a few minutes I said to him, that I thought he must be aware why I wished them to come here,– and that it would make me too happy if he would consent to what I wished (to marry me) we embraced each other over and over again, and he was so kind, so affectionate oh! to feel I was, and am, loved by such an Angel as Albert, was too great delight to describe! he is perfection perfection in every way,– in beauty – in everything! I told him I was quite unworthy of him and kissed his dear hand,- he said he would be very happy, “das Leben mit dir zu zubringen”, and was so kind, and seemed so happy, that I really felt it was the happiest brightest moment in my life, which made up for all that I had suffered and endured. Three years later Victoria made a proposal of marriage to Albert, as befitted her position. “Albert, who is just as tall as Ernest, but stouter, is extremely handsome his hair is about the same colour as mine his eyes are large & blue, & he has a beautiful nose, & a very sweet mouth with fine teeth but the charm of his countenance is his expression, which is most delightful c’est à la fois, full of goodness & sweetness, & very clever & intelligent.” On, Victoria penned the following diary entry about the meeting: ![]() Their uncle, the King of the Belgians Leopold I, arranged for the two to meet in London. Albert’s family had long intended for them to marry, yet Victoria and Albert had never met in person until. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were cousins, as Victoria’s mother and Albert’s father had been siblings. From, the additional title of Empress of India was bestowed upon her. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, at the age of just 18, from which point on she bore the title of Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her later husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was born in Germany on 26 August of the same year. Queen Victoria, or Alexandrina Victoria to give her her full name, was born in London on. But how was the life and marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert? They idolized one another and wrote about their love in numerous letters and diary entries. The extremely close relationship between Victoria and Albert has inspired dozens of books, films and series.
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