# Prince Ernest — Queen Victoria character guide

> Prince Ernest in Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ernest, the Princes Ernest and Albert, Ernest II

**First appearance:** 0022-iv-marriage

## Who they are

Albert's older brother and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/i)

Albert's elder brother and heir to the principality; shared his upbringing and education.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/iii)

Observes the marital struggles between Albert and Victoria during his stay in England.

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