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Prince Albert … Of PrussiaAge: 631809–1872

Name
Prince Albert … Of Prussia
Given names
Albert
Name prefix
Prince
Name suffix
Of Prussia
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Birth 1809 39 33
 

MarriageCountess Rosalie Von Rauch Of Hohenau - View family
 

Death of a mother 1810 (Age 12 months)
 

mother - Louise … Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Marriage of a sisterPrincess Charlotte … Of Prussia - View family
1817 (Age 8)
 

brother-in-law - Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
elder sister - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1817 (Age 8)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 9)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Marriage of a sisterAlexandrine … - View family
1822 (Age 13)
 

brother-in-law - Paul Frederick … Grand Duke
elder sister - Alexandrine …
Australian History 1824 (Age 15)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Marriage of a sisterLouisa … Of Prussia - View family
1825 (Age 16)
 

brother-in-law - Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands
elder sister - Louisa … Of Prussia
Australian History 1825 (Age 16)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 19)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 20)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
MarriageMarianne … Of Netherlands - View family
1830 (Age 21)
 

Australian History 1830 (Age 21)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 22)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 23)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 24)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 26)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History 1836 (Age 27)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 29)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 30)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Death of a father 1840 (Age 31)
 

father - King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Australian History 1840 (Age 31)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 32)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 33)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 34)
 

Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History 1845 (Age 36)
 

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.
Australian History 1850 (Age 41)
 

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 42)
 

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
Australian History 1853 (Age 44)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 45)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History 1855 (Age 46)
 

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 47)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History 1857 (Age 48)
 

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.
Australian History 1858 (Age 49)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 50)
 

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.
Death of a sister 1860 (Age 51)
 

elder sister - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1860 (Age 51)
 

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 brother 2 January 1861 (Age 52)
 

elder brother - Frederick William IV … King Of Prussia
Australian History 1861 (Age 52)
 

Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Australian History 1862 (Age 53)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 54)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 58)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 59)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 60)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a sister 1870 (Age 61)
 

elder sister - Louisa … Of Prussia
Australian History 1872 (on the date of death)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death 1872 (Age 63)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
King Frederick William III … Of Prussia

Birth 1770 25 18  Potsdam, Germany

Death 1840 (Age 70)  

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6 years
mother
Louise … Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Birth 1776  

Death 1810 (Age 34)  

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Marriage: yes
#1 sister
Daughter Stillborn …

Death yes  

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#2 elder brother
Frederick William IV … King Of Prussia

Birth 15 October 1795 25 19  Berlin, Germany

Death 2 January 1861 (Age 65)  

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17 months
#3 elder brother
Emperor William I … Of Germany

Birth 22 March 1797 27 21  Berlin, Germany

Death 9 March 1888 (Age 90)  Berlin, Germany

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9 months
#4 elder sister
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia

Birth 1798 28 22  

Death 1860 (Age 62)  

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1 year
#5 elder sister
Frederica …

Birth 1799 29 23  

Death 1800 (Age 12 months)  

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2 years
#6 elder brother
Charles …

Birth 1801 31 25  

Death 1883 (Age 82)  

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2 years
#7 elder sister
Alexandrine …

Birth 1803 33 27  

Death 1892 (Age 89)  

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1 year
#8 elder brother
Ferdinand …

Birth 1804 34 28  

Death 1806 (Age 2)  

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4 years
#9 elder sister
Louisa … Of Prussia

Birth 1808 38 32  

Death 1870 (Age 62)  

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1 year
#10 himself
Prince Albert … Of Prussia

Birth 1809 39 33  

Death 1872 (Age 63)  

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Father’s family with Auguste Von Harrach - View family
father
King Frederick William III … Of Prussia

Birth 1770 25 18  Potsdam, Germany

Death 1840 (Age 70)  

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30 years
step-mother
Auguste Von Harrach

Birth 1800  

Death 1873 (Age 73)  

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Marriage: yes
Family with Countess Rosalie Von Rauch Of Hohenau - View family
himself
Prince Albert … Of Prussia

Birth 1809 39 33  

Death 1872 (Age 63)  

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11 years
wife
Countess Rosalie Von Rauch Of Hohenau

Birth 1820  

Death 1879 (Age 59)  

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Marriage: yes
Family with Marianne … Of Netherlands - View family
himself
Prince Albert … Of Prussia

Birth 1809 39 33  

Death 1872 (Age 63)  

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1 year
wife
Marianne … Of Netherlands

Birth 1810 37 35  

Death 1883 (Age 73)  

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Marriage: 1830

Prince Albert … Of Prussia has 4 first cousins recorded

Father's family (4)

Parents King William I … Of Netherlands + Wilhelmina …
1 King William II … Of Netherlands 1792–1849
2 Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands 1797–1881
3 Charlotte … 1800–1806
4 Marianne … Of Netherlands 1810–1883

Mother's family (0)

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Last change 5 October 1999
 
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