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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: |  |
Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel | |
| birth: | 1819.08.26 | ||
| father: | Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld [from 1826 Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha] | ||
| mother: | Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg | ||
| marriage: | 1840.02.10 | Queen Victoria | |
| children: | 1840 | Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary (The Princess Royal) | |
| 1841 | Prince Albert Edward (King Edward VII) | ||
| 1843 | Princess Alice Maud Mary (Grand Duchess of Hesse) | ||
| 1844 | Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (Duke of Edinburgh) | ||
| 1846 | Princess Helena Augusta Victoria | ||
| 1848 | Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (Duchess of Argyll) | ||
| 1850 | Prince Arthur William Patrick (Duke Connaught & Strathearn) | ||
| 1853 | Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert (Duke of Albany) | ||
| 1857 | Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora | ||
| death: | 1861.12.15 | ||
| Titles, Orders and Awards |
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Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony | |
| 1840 | The Prince Consort | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
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| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1840.04.30 |  |
Colonel, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) [to 1842] | |
| 1842.04.25 | |
Colonel, Scots Fusilier Guards [to 1852] | |
| 1843 | |
Captain-General and Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company | |
| 1850.08.15 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot [to 1852] | |
| 1852.08.23 | |
Colonel, Grenadier Guards | |
| 1852.09.23 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Rifle Brigade | |
| Military Service |
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| 1840.02.08 | Field Marshal, British Army | |
| Other Military Connections |
| 1840.03.13 | granted his name to 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) | |
| 1842.08.26 | granted his name to 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1844.02.20 | granted his name to Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry | |
| 1862.01.17 | granted his title to The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade | |
| 18uu | allegedly composed "Coburg", slow march of 11th Hussars (later ofThe Royal Hussars, later of The King's Royal Hussars), 12th Lancers (later of 9th/12th Lancers), and 21st Lancers (but it is also attributed to Michael Haydn) | |
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