File:Coat of Arms of Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.svg

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Coat of arms of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Prince Consort (born 1819), consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1840, until his death in 1861.

On his marriage to Queen Victoria in 1840, Prince Albert was granted his own personal coat of arms, which was the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a three-point label bearing a red cross in the centre, quartered with the arms of Saxony. The blazon is written as: "Quarterly, 1st and 4th, the Royal Arms, with overall a label of three points Argent charged on the centre with cross Gules; 2nd and 3rd, Barry of ten Or and Sable, a crown of rue in bend Vert". The Prince's peculiar arms was a "singular example of quartering differenced arms, [which] is not in accordance with the rules of Heraldry, and is in itself an heraldic contradiction." Prior to his marriage he used the arms of his father, undifferenced, following German practice.

On his stallplate as a Knight of the Garter his coat of arms is ensigned by a royal crown and shows the six crests of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; these are from left to right: 1. "A bull's head caboshed Gules armed and ringed Argent, crowned Or, the rim chequy Gules and Argent" for Mark. 2. "Out of a coronet Or, two buffalo's horns Argent, attached to the outer edge of each five branches fesswise each with three linden leaves Vert" for Thuringia. 3. "Out of a coronet Or, a pyramidal chapeau charged with the arms of Saxony ensigned by a plume of peacock's feathers Proper out of a coronet also Or" for Saxony. 4. "A bearded man in profile couped below the shoulders clothed paly Argent and Gules, the pointed coronet similarly paly terminating in a plume of three peacock's feathers" for Meissen. 5. "A demi griffin displayed Or, winged Sable, collared and langued Gules" for Jülich. 6. "Out of a coronet Or, a panache of peacock's feathers Proper" for Berg.

The supporters were the crowned lion of England and the unicorn of Scotland (as in the Royal Arms) charged on the shoulder with a label as in the arms. Albert's personal motto is the German Treu und Fest (Loyal and Sure).
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current07:44, 4 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 07:44, 4 October 2022512 × 569 (1.64 MB)Sodacancleanup
04:56, 27 May 2021Thumbnail for version as of 04:56, 27 May 20211,530 × 1,700 (2.86 MB)SodacanReverted to version as of 13:25, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
14:19, 25 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 14:19, 25 July 20201,530 × 1,700 (2.84 MB)SamsonBVBFile:Wappen Freistaat Sachsen von Wettinern & Askanier ohne Kontur.svg
13:25, 19 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 13:25, 19 January 20141,530 × 1,700 (2.86 MB)SodacanReverted to version as of 17:31, 30 January 2011 (File:Bookplate-Prince Albert.jpg)
12:50, 19 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 12:50, 19 January 20141,530 × 1,700 (2.84 MB)BrightRavenReverted to version as of 17:08, 30 January 2011 See http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Armoriaux/Jarretiere/Victoria_I_1.htm#690
17:31, 30 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:31, 30 January 20111,530 × 1,700 (2.86 MB)SodacanReverted to version as of 17:29, 16 January 2011
17:08, 30 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:08, 30 January 20111,530 × 1,700 (2.84 MB)Kaiser TorikkaThe Saxon arms should have 10 stripes with black on top, not yellow. There are plenty of sources for this, but I can find none with yellow on top.
17:29, 16 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:29, 16 January 20111,530 × 1,700 (2.86 MB)Sodacanminor layering issues
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