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“There is not much to be got anywhere in the world.  It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner.  Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise.  Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”      ― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

 

 

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel;[1] later The Prince Consort; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832

Schopenhauer 1788-1860

Albret Pike 1809-91

Due to anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom during World War I, George V of the United Kingdom changed the name of his branch from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917.