S30E15: Prince Albert's Parents | Ernst I and Princess Louise

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the 18th century, modern Germany continued to be a patchwork of various duchies, which kept German nobles in the marriage rotation throughout Europe. So it was that two brothers - Ernst and Leopold - came into the world in the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in 1784 and 1790. One would become the King of Belgium, and one would be the legal father of Prince Albert, later the husband of Queen Victoria. We say "legal father" because apparently it's not 100% clear that Ernst's estranged wife, the long suffering Princess Louise, wasn't comforting her brother-in-law after the death of his wife, England's Princess Charlotte, whose death in childbirth prompted the Hanoverian race to reproduce that gave the world Queen Victoria. It is, as they say, complicated. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome one, welcome all to a very special trashy spectacular.
0:06.0	My name is Stacey and Alicia.
0:08.0	Tell the people.
0:09.1	Good nobles, trash pandas.
0:10.8	I have the best story ever for you today and I have been deliberating where to put it,
0:17.0	trashy divorces, trashy royals.
0:18.6	So today is a trashy spectacular when we get into
0:23.4	the trashy royals divorce of Prince Albert's parents. Prince Albert Nican.
0:30.6	Prince Albert Nican. Prince Albert married to Queen Victoria. His parents Ernst 1 of Saxe KBerg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Sax-Gotha,
0:42.4	Altenberg.
0:44.1	Whoa.
0:44.7	Yeah, I can already tell this is going to be a pronunciation spectacular as well.
0:48.3	Absolutely.
0:49.1	We're going to do the very best we can.
0:50.7	The story is really, really, really, really worth it, y'all.
0:53.9	The names of Prince Albert's
0:55.5	parents, if you just heard me say them, are not really well known or even recognizable to a lot
1:01.6	of folks, even people who are hardcore history lovers. However, the impact of Ernst and Louise's
1:08.6	lives on modern history, huge, off the charts, enormous.
1:14.0	Okay.
1:14.4	Their marriage was super significant because it produced a son, Albert, that would marry a queen
1:21.3	of England, Victoria, and who would father nine children who would go on to marry
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