Prince Albert grew up at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park.
He was known as "Abby" to his family.
He was baptised in the private chapel at Windsor Castle on 31 March 1869.
His godparents were the Dowager Queen of Denmark (represented by Queen Victoria), the Princess of Wales (represented by Princess Louise), Princess Louis of Hesse and by Rhine (represented by the Duchess of Roxburghe), the Duke of Edinburgh (represented by Prince Arthur), the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (represented by Prince Leopold), the King of Saxony (represented by Baron Oswald von Fabrice) and the Duke of Cambridge.

Like his elder brother, Prince Christian Victor, whom he followed to Lambrook Preparatory School in Berkshire, Albert was destined for a military career.
However, while Christian Victor's was in the British Army, Albert served with the Prussian Army.
 He was commissioned Lieutenant into the 1st Hessian Dragoon Guards eventually reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Uhlans of the Guard.
During World War I he was excused from service against the British by the German Emperor, and spent the war in Berlin on the staff of the Governor of the city.
Prince Albert grew up at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park. He was known as "Abby" to his family. He was baptised in the private chapel at Windsor Castle on 31 March 1869. His godparents were the Dowager Queen of Denmark (represented by Queen Victoria), the Princess of Wales (represented by Princess Louise), Princess Louis of Hesse and by Rhine (represented by the Duchess of Roxburghe), the Duke of Edinburgh (represented by Prince Arthur), the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (represented by Prince Leopold), the King of Saxony (represented by Baron Oswald von Fabrice) and the Duke of Cambridge.
Like his elder brother, Prince Christian Victor, whom he followed to Lambrook Preparatory School in Berkshire, Albert was destined for a military career. However, while Christian Victor's was in the British Army, Albert served with the Prussian Army.  He was commissioned Lieutenant into the 1st Hessian Dragoon Guards eventually reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Uhlans of the Guard. During World War I he was excused from service against the British by the German Emperor, and spent the war in Berlin on the staff of the Governor of the city.
Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein