Alfred Ernest Albert … PrinceAge: 551844–1900
- Name
- Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
- Given names
- Alfred Ernest Albert
- Name suffix
- Prince
| Birth | 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 4 months) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a sister | 25 May 1846 (Age 21 months) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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| Birth of a sister | 18 March 1848 (Age 3) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
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| Birth of a brother | 1 May 1850 (Age 5) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 5) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 6) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Birth of a brother | 7 April 1853 (Age 8) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 10) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 11) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a sister | 14 April 1857 (Age 12) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 12) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Marriage of a sister | Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 25 January 1858 (Age 13) London, England
brother-in-law -
Frederick III … German Emperor
elder sister -
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 13) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 14) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 15) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 16 March 1861 (Age 16) Frogmore House, Windsor, England
maternal grandmother -
Marie Luise Victoria Hanover
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| Death of a father | 14 December 1861 (Age 17) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 16) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Marriage of a sister | Princess Alice Maud Mary … - View family 1 July 1862 (Age 17) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse
elder sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 17) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a brother | Edward VII Wettin King Of England - View family 10 March 1863 (Age 18) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
elder brother -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
sister-in-law -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 18) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a sister | Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg - View family 5 July 1866 (Age 21) Windsor Castle, England
brother-in-law -
(Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince
younger sister -
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 23) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 24) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage of a sister | Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess - View family 21 March 1871 (Age 26) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
brother-in-law -
John Campbell Duke Of Argyll
younger sister -
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage | Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess - View family 23 January 1874 (Age 29) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1874 (Age 29)
son -
Alfred … Prince
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | 29 October 1875 (Age 31) Eastwell Park, Kent, England |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 30) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1876 (Age 31) Malta
daughter -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1878 (Age 33)
daughter -
Princess Alexandra …
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| Death of a sister | 14 December 1878 (Age 34) Darmstadt, Germany
elder sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 33) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Arthur William Patrick … - View family 13 March 1879 (Age 34) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
sister-in-law -
Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 34) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 35) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Leopold George Duncan … - View family 27 April 1882 (Age 37) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
sister-in-law -
Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 37) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 38) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1884 (Age 39)
daughter -
Beatrice … Princess
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| Death of a brother | 28 March 1884 (Age 39) Cannes, France
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
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| Marriage of a sister | Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg - View family 23 July 1885 (Age 40) Whippingham, Isle Of Wight
brother-in-law -
Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg
younger sister -
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 42) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 44) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 46) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha - View family 10 January 1893 (Age 48) Sigmaringen, Germany |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 15 October 1893 (Age 49) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
grandson -
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 48) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 12 October 1894 (Age 50) Pelesch, Romania
granddaughter -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Marriage of a daughter | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1894 (Age 49)
nephew -
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
daughter -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 49) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 50) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 51) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 52) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 53) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Death of a son | 1899 (Age 54)
son -
Alfred … Prince
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 54) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1900 (Age 55)
granddaughter -
Marie Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 55) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Death | 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 26 August 1819 Schloss Rosenau, Near Coburg, Germany Death 14 December 1861 (Age 42) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
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-3 months mother |
Birth 24 May 1819 51 32 Kensington, Palace, London, England Death 22 January 1901 (Age 81) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England |
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Marriage: 10 February 1840 — Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England |
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9 months #1 elder sister |
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 21 November 1840 21 21 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 5 August 1901 (Age 60) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Birth 9 November 1841 22 22 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 6 May 1910 (Age 68) Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
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17 months #3 elder sister |
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
Birth 25 April 1843 23 23 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 14 December 1878 (Age 35) Darmstadt, Germany |
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15 months #4 himself |
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
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22 months #5 younger sister |
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Birth 25 May 1846 26 27 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 9 June 1923 (Age 77) Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London, England |
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22 months #6 younger sister |
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
Birth 18 March 1848 28 28 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 3 December 1939 (Age 91) Kensington, Palace, London, England |
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
Birth 1 May 1850 30 30 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 16 January 1942 (Age 91) Bagshot Park, Surrey, England |
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3 years #8 younger brother |
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
Birth 7 April 1853 33 33 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 28 March 1884 (Age 30) Cannes, France |
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4 years #9 younger sister |
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
Birth 14 April 1857 37 37 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 26 October 1944 (Age 87) Bantridge Park, Balcombe, Sussex, England |
| Family with Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess - View family |
| himself |
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
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9 years wife |
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland |
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Marriage: 23 January 1874 — Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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-1 months #1 son |
Alfred … Prince
Birth 1874 29 20 Death 1899 (Age 25) |
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22 months #2 daughter |
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England Death 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania |
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2 months #3 daughter |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) |
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2 years #4 daughter |
Princess Alexandra …
Birth 1878 33 24 Death 1942 (Age 64) |
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6 years #5 daughter |
Beatrice … Princess
Birth 1884 39 30 Death 1966 (Age 82) |