Royal Names－Albert

'Albert' is a derivation of the Germanic name 'Adalbert', meaning noble and bright, and was popularised by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria. All of their four sons had the name 'Albert', either the first name or one of the middle names. Most of their grandsons also had the name 'Albert', as well as some of their great-grandsons. ⁣⁣ 

(Albert, Prince Consort by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1842

Source：Royal Collection Trust)

Some translations : 

• Belgian : Albert, Albrecht
• Dutch : Albert, Aalbert
• Finnish : Albert, Alpertti
• French : Albert
• German : Albert, Albrecht, Adalbert
• Italian : Alberto
• Latin : Albertus
• Polish : Albert, Olbracht
• Portuguese : Alberto
• Spanish : Alberto
• Swedish : Albert

Here are some famous royals with the name Albert, sorted by their nationality by birth.

Austrian Royals

Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817-1895)

[Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik]

Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856-1936)

[Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl]

Archduke Albrecht, Franz, Duke of Teschen (1897-1955)

[Albrecht Franz Josef Karl Friedich Georg Hubert Maria]

Belgian Royals

Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859-1869)

[Leopold Ferdinand Elias Viktor Albert Maria]

King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934)

[Albert Leopold Clemens Maria Meinrad]

King Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983)

[Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel]

Baudouin, King of Belgium (1930-1993)

[Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Marie Gustav]

King Albert II of Belgium (1934-)

[Albert Felix Humbert Theodore Christian Eugene Marie]

Born shortly after the accidental death of King Albert I of the Belgians, the infant's parents decided to name him after his grandfather, Albert I

Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942-2009)

[Alexandre Emmanuel Henri Albert Marie Leopold]

British Royals

King Edward VII of United Kingdom (1841-1910)

[Albert Edward]

Like his younger brothers, nephews and descendants, the name Albert was after his father, Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18

[Alfred Ernest Albert]

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942)

[Arthur Patrick Albert]

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884)
[Leopold George Duncan Albert]

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892)
[Albert Victor Christian Edward]

King George V of United Kingdom (1865-1936)
[George Frederick Ernest Albert]

Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871)
[Alexander John Charles Robert Albert]

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874-1899)
[Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert]

Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938)

[Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert]

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954)
[Leopold Charles Edward George Albert]

Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886-1960)

[Alexander Albert Victor]

King Edward VIII of United Kingdom (1894-1972)
[Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David]

King George VI of United Kingdom (1895-1952)

[Albert Frederick Arthur George]

Born on the 34th death anniversary of his great-grandfather, George VI was therefore named after him

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974)
[Henry William Frederick Albert]

Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960-)
[Andrew Albert Christian Edward]

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961-)
[David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones]

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984-)
[Henry Charles Albert David]

Danish Royals

King Christian X of Denmark (1870-1947)
[Christian Charles Frederick Albert Alexander William]

German Royals

Prince Albert of Prussia (1809-1872), son of King Frederick William III of Prussia
[Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht]

Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)

[Franz Albert August Karl Emanuel]

Albert, King of Saxony (1828-1902)

[Friedrich August Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Nepomuk Wilhelm Xaver Georg Fidelis]

Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenberg (1843-1902)

[Albert Heinrich Joseph Carl Viktor Georg Friedrich]

Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848-1914)
[Georg Adolf Friedrich Victor Ernst Adalbert Gustav Wilhelm Wellington]

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1858-1941)
[Frederick William Victor Albert]

Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)
[Albert William Henry]

King Ferdinand I of Romania (1865-1927)

[Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad]

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865-1935)

[Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph]

Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900)
[Christian Victor Albert Ernst Anton]

Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868-1927)
[Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus]

Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868-1937)

[Ernest Louis Charles Albert William]

Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869-1931)
[Albert John Charles Frederick Alfred George]

George William, Hereditary Prince of Hanover (1880-1912)
[George William Christian Albert Edward Alexander Frederick Valdemar Ernest Adolph]

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882-1918)
[Adolf Friedrich Georg Ernst Albert Eduard]

Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884-1948)
[Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Viktor]

Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893-1943)

[Friedrich Auguat Georg Ferdinand Albert Karl Anton Paul Marcellus]

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979)
[Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten]

Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906-1972)
[Johann Leopold William Albert Ferdinand Victor]

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907-1994), son of Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia
(Louis Ferdinand Victor Eduard Adalbert Michael Hubertus)

Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (1919-1989)

[Wilhelm Viktor Ernst Freund Friedrich Georg Adalbert]

Prince Peter Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1939-)

[Peter Albert friedrich Josias]

Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954-), third husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco

[Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig]

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955-), grandson of Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
[Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume]

Andrea Casiraghi (1984-), eldest grandson of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco

[Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi]

Italian Royals

King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820-1878)
[Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso]

Prince Ferdinando, 1st Duke of Genoa (1822-1855)

[Ferdinando Maria Alberto Amendeo Filiberto Vincenzo]

Prince Tommaso, 2nd Duke of Genoa (1854-1931)

[Tommaso Alberto Vittorio)

Prince Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa (1884-1963)
[Ferdinando Umberto Filippo Adalberto]

Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo (1898-1982)

[Adalberto Luitpoldo Elena Giuseppe Maria]

Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Prince of Naples (1937-)
[Vittorio Emanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amedeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria]

Monacan Royals

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922)

[Albert Honore Charles]

Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958-)

[Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre]

Spanish Royals

Infante Jamie, Duke of Segovia (1908-1975)
[Jaime Leopoldo Isabelino Enrique Alejandro Alberto Alfonso Víctor Acacio Pedro Pablo María]

Swedish Royals

Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889-1918)
[Erik Gustav Ludvig Albert]