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- NAME: Prince Albert
- OCCUPATION: Royalty
- BIRTH DATE: August 26, 1819
- DEATH DATE: December 14, 1861
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Bavaria, Germany
- PLACE OF DEATH: Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Full Name: Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Great Britain and Ireland
- Full Name: Prince Albert
- AKA: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Prince Albert married his first cousin, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, at the age of 20, and after his untimely death at age 42, the queen's memory of him guided her for the next 40 years.
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Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Great Britain and Ireland. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/prince-albert-20845371 [Accessed 25 May 2013].
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Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Great Britain and Ireland. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/prince-albert-20845371. Accessed May 25, 2013.
(Modern medical examination of the facts at hand have suggested something more chronic, such as cancer or Crohn’s disease)
Queen Victoria was so distraught at Albert's passing that she wore black in mourning for the rest of her life, which lasted 40 more years. She erected numerous monuments to Albert's legacy, and a re-examination of Albert's life let the public finally view him as the respectable and honorable figure he always was.
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