Prince Albert is assassinated in 1840

I remember there was a thread sometime ago about Edward Oxford's attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1840 being successful. But WI he had killed only prince Albert, who was with her in the carriage? Victoria was at the time pregnant from her first daughter. How could Albert's death at that time influence Victoria and British politics? Would she marry again? Who could be her husband?
 
She was so caught up about Albert IOTL, another husband seems ASB.

Her daughter Victoria* (expect a different name, something awfully Albert-related...Alberta?) would become queen after her, but die after a reign of only six months (died in August 1901 IOTL). She probably won't marry the German emperor...who does she marry?

Interesting TL, for certain, with lots of butterflies. For instance: Albert, I believe, had something to due with the Trent Affair not turning into a war between the US and UK.
 

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Interesting TL, for certain, with lots of butterflies. For instance: Albert, I believe, had something to due with the Trent Affair not turning into a war between the US and UK.

He sat down to try and write a memo on the British ultimatum (basically repeating what The Times was say), but was too ill. The bulk of the memo was written by Victoria.
 
She was so caught up about Albert IOTL, another husband seems ASB.

I'm actually not so sure about that. Of course, she really loved him, and after his OTL death Victoria even wore black for the rest of her life. However, it was after a marriage that lasted 21 years and gave to her nine children. Also, he proved during this time to be the most reliable person she could trust.

ITTL the situation is different. Albert dies just four months after his marriage to Victoria. While her grief might still be huge, they didn't still share a common life for a long period, and so she might think about a second marriage later. This new union would be actually politically important. If her only daughter with Albert eventually dies then Ernest of Hanover again becomes the heir of Britain, and nobody wanted it to happen. She would probably be forced to remarry in order to prevent it.
 
I'm actually not so sure about that. Of course, she really loved him, and after his OTL death Victoria even wore black for the rest of her life. However, it was after a marriage that lasted 21 years and gave to her nine children. Also, he proved during this time to be the most reliable person she could trust.

ITTL the situation is different. Albert dies just four months after his marriage to Victoria. While her grief might still be huge, they didn't still share a common life for a long period, and so she might think about a second marriage later. This new union would be actually politically important. If her only daughter with Albert eventually dies then Ernest of Hanover again becomes the heir of Britain, and nobody wanted it to happen. She would probably be forced to remarry in order to prevent it.

Note that her daughter didn't die until 1901.
 
Could Albert perhaps die taking a bullet for Victoria? If so, might that lead to the British public taking a greater liking to Germans? Certainly it would make Albert something of martyr, and a very high bar being set for his descendents, and anyone who seeks to Victoria.

Who might Princess Victoria be eventually married to, now she's the heir apparent?

Also...no Great Exhibition, no Crystal Palace, most likely.
 

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He sat down to try and write a memo on the British ultimatum (basically repeating what The Times was say), but was too ill. The bulk of the memo was written by Victoria.

Do you have a source? I know you're an expert on this period but I've never heard that before.
 

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Could Albert perhaps die taking a bullet for Victoria? If so, might that lead to the British public taking a greater liking to Germans?

Germanophilia was pretty high in OTL at this point (and even right up to WW1 in some ways), I'm not sure it could really go much further.

It might make people even more romantic about the royals, though.
 
Note that her daughter didn't die until 1901.

She might die in the fall of 1841 if Prince Albert isn't there. He believed that the nursery staff (especially the quack Royal Physician, Sir James Clark) were dangerously incompetent; and after the baby fell seriously ill he convinced HRH to replace them.

(Albert's opinion of Clark seems justified: he'd misdiagnosed one of Victoria's maids as being pregnant, when she was dying of a massive abdominal tumor; misdiagnosed Victoria herself as having measles when she did not; and ultimately killed Albert himself by misdiagnosing typhoid fever as the flu.)
 
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Germanophilia was pretty high in OTL at this point (and even right up to WW1 in some ways), I'm not sure it could really go much further.

I thought Albert's early unpopularity was to a considerable degree due to him being a German princeling. Weren't there a lot of music hall songs and so on at about this time that were very uncomplementary about Germans? That's not to say they weren't equally derogatory to the French, etc. but perhaps Albert dying for Victoria would see an explosion of Germanophilia throughout the British public.
 
Assuming that Victoria decides to remarry after Albert's death (maybe two or three years later, even five) who could be a suitable candidate to be her husband?
 
Assuming that Victoria decides to remarry after Albert's death (maybe two or three years later, even five) who could be a suitable candidate to be her husband?

Prince Alexander of the Netherlands was her uncle's preference, though she herself described him as "plain", according to the Genocide.

She could marry him out of "duty" if her child dies...this would be quite interesting, as he died at a relatively young age, too, in 1848.
 

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I thought Albert's early unpopularity was to a considerable degree due to him being a German princeling. Weren't there a lot of music hall songs and so on at about this time that were very uncomplementary about Germans? That's not to say they weren't equally derogatory to the French, etc. but perhaps Albert dying for Victoria would see an explosion of Germanophilia throughout the British public.

Well, I meant compared to other European countries (or in this era, "nations" would be more appropriate if we're talking about Germany). Obviously we've never really liked any of them that much...
 
Prince Alexander of the Netherlands was her uncle's preference, though she herself described him as "plain", according to the Genocide.

She could marry him out of "duty" if her child dies...this would be quite interesting, as he died at a relatively young age, too, in 1848.

Hmm... Other interesting idea would be to have Victoria married to Alexander's younger brother: William Frederick Henry "the Navigator". It could be a possibility if she marries later due to her grief, and then Alexander is already ill and couldn't be a suitable husband. Also, assuming William's two marriages were childless due to him being infertile then she wouldn't have any heir from him.
 
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