3-086-098 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Seventieth Birthday of the King of Saxony - the King and Queen of Saxony, 1898. Albert, King of Saxony, and Carola of Vasa. 'A valiant and able soldier, an upright man, and enlightened ruler celebrates his seventieth birthday to-day (April 23), and at the same time the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the throne, which, however, took place six months after he had accomplished his forty-fifth year. Already at that period Albert of Saxony had carved his name in the annals of contemporary Germany, and if since then he has added no fresh laurels to those won during the memorable campaign of 1870-71, it is because the victory he helped to secure was of so substantial a nature as seemingly to compel the vanquished to abide by it...But King Albert is more than a military leader. He is the worthy continuator of his liberal-minded father, and we wish him respectfully many happy returns of the day.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.