Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.

26 August 1819

Born on the same birth day (26 August): Antoine Lavoisier • Benedict Anderson • Bill Whitaker (journalist) • Cassie Ventura • Chen Yi (marshal) • David Hurley • Dennis Turner • Guillaume Apollinaire • Jacques Brinkman • Jason Little (rugby union) • Jorge Paulo Lemann • Lee de Forest • Torsten Schmitz • Walter Bruno Henning • Will Shortz

Born in the same month (August 1819): Allan Pinkerton • Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg • Herman Melville • Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt • Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet