Albert, Prince Consort - Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
N 51° 40.357 W 004° 41.697
30U E 382797 N 5725986
Welsh National Memorial to 'Albert - Prince Consort' husband of Queen Victoria. Standing proudly at Castle Hill, overlooking the Walled Town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
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Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/13/2016
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
The husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The larger than life, white Sicilian Marble statue of Prince Albert stands over 8 feet tall. Sculpted by John Evan Thomas in 1865. The Prince is shown standing, Wearing a military uniform. Mounted on a grey Lime Stone plinth, making the memorial over over 25 feet tall in total, overlooking the Walled Town of Tenby in South Wales.
A plaque on the Statue Reads;
this memorial to his royal highness
ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT
was erected by the people of wales. its first stone was
laid by george white mayor of tenby on the third
anniversary of the lamented prince's death and it was
inaugurated by his royal highness prince arthur
representing her majesty
on the 2nd day of august 1865
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; later the Prince Consort; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria.
"He was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of twenty he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, with whom he would ultimately have nine children. Initially, Albert felt constrained by his position as consort, which did not confer any power or duties upon him. Over time he lent his support to many public causes, such as educational reform and the worldwide abolition of slavery, and took on the responsibilities of running the Queen's household, estates and office. He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was a resounding success.
As the Queen depended more and more on his help and guidance, Albert aided in the development of Britain's constitutional monarchy by persuading his wife to show less partisanship in her dealings with Parliament—although he actively disagreed with the interventionist foreign policy pursued during Lord Palmerston's tenure as Foreign Secretary.
He died at the relatively young age of forty-two, plunging the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life. Upon Queen Victoria's death in 1901, their eldest son, Edward VII, succeeded as the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged." Text Source: (
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"Marble statue of Prince Albert in Field Marshal's uniform wearing mantle and collar of the Order of the Garter. In his right hand he holds a baton. (Telescope)
On the pedestal are the heraldic devices including the arms of the
Prince Consort, of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (the last prince of an independent Wales) and a shield with the monogram of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, supported on one side by the Red dragon of Cadwaladr and rested with the other side upon a partially recumbent but resilient leek, a scroll being interwoven, inscribed with the old motto anorchfygol ddraig goch cymru (the invincible red dragon of Wales)." Text Source: (
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