# Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg — Queen Victoria character guide

> Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg in Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Prince Leopold, Coburg, the young and handsome Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg

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

## Who they are

Younger son of King Leopold, briefly considered as a husband for Victoria.

## In the story

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

Marries Princess Charlotte; cold, formal, and dominant; devastated by her death.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as the Prince of Leiningen, an elderly beau who married the Princess Victoria in 1803 and died in 1814.

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

Mentioned as a candidate for the hand of Queen Isabella of Spain, a first cousin of Victoria and Albert.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/ii)

Victoria's son, the Duke of Albany, who died prematurely in 1884.

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