Queen Victoria

Full name
	Alexandrina Victoria

Victoria
Victoria
	Victoria wearing her small diamond crown ; Photograph by Alexander Bassano, 1882
Queen of the United Kingdom
Reign	20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901
Coronation	28 June 1838
Predecessor	William IV
Successor	Edward VII
Prime Ministers	See list
Empress of India
Reign	1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901
Imperial Durbar	1 January 1877
Successor	Edward VII
Viceroys	See list
Born	24 May 1819; Kensington Palace, London
Died	22 January 1901 (aged 81); Osborne House, Isle of Wight
Burial	4 February 1901; Frogmore, Windsor
Spouse	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Issue; Detail	Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress; Edward VII; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse; Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll; Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg;
Full name
	Alexandrina Victoria
House	House of Hanover
Father	Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Mother	Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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Queen Victoria (born Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901. She was born in London to a German princess and an English prince in 1819. She became queen at the age of 18 after her uncle William died.

She was taught by her governess, Louise Lehzen, and Reverend George Davys. She learned to speak and read German and French well. Queen Victoria enjoyed dancing, drawing, horse riding and singing. She had lessons as a child from the famous opera singer Luigi LaBlache. She liked to paint and could play the piano.^[1] She kept a regular diary throughout her life.

Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert, in 1840. He supported science, trade and art in Britain. Victoria and Albert had nine children. They believed that a good family life and Christianity were very important. In general, English people followed their example.

The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace opened in 1851. It happened partly because of Albert's hard work. The exhibition showed the success of British people in Victorian times.

In 1861, Prince Albert died and Victoria stayed away from public life.

Britain became more powerful in the following years, and in 1877, Victoria got the title 'Empress of India'. Victoria was very interested in India but she never went there.

In 1897, she celebrated 60 years of being queen. She was popular with her people by the time she died in 1901. She was queen for 63 years, longer than any other king or queen of Britain before her. People called her the 'grandmother of Europe' because many of Victoria's children became kings, princes and princesses of other countries.

After she died, her son Edward became king.

ChildrenEdit

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal	21 November 1840	5 August 1901	Married 1858, Friedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia; had children.
King Edward VII	9 November 1841	6 May 1910	Married 1863, Princess Alexandra of Denmark; had children.
The Princess Alice	25 April 1843	14 December 1878	Married 1862, Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine; had children.
The Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh	6 August 1844	31 July 1900	Married 1874, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia; had children.
The Princess Helena	25 May 1846	9 June 1923	Married 1866, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; had children.
The Princess Louise	18 March 1848	3 December 1939	Married 1871, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll; no children.
The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	1 May 1850	16 January 1942	Married 1879, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia; had children.
The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany	7 April 1853	28 March 1884	Married 1882, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont; had children.
The Princess Beatrice	14 April 1857	26 October 1944	Married 1885, Prince Henry of Battenberg; had children

AncestorsEdit

*Victoria of the United Kingdom's* ancestors in three generations
Victoria of the United Kingdom	Father: Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn	Paternal Grandfather: George III of the United Kingdom	Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick, Prince of Wales
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
		Paternal Grandmother: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Paternal Great-grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
	Mother: Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	Maternal Grandfather: Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
		Maternal Grandmother: Princess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

A young Queen Victoria

ReferencesEdit

↑ Arnstein, Walter L. "Victoria, Queen of Great Britain." Europe 1789-1914, Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry & Empire. Gale Biography in Context. Web. 10 June 2014.

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Queen Victoria Citizendium

[1] Arnstein, Walter L. "Victoria, Queen of Great Britain." Europe 1789-1914, Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry & Empire. Gale Biography in Context. Web. 10 June 2014.

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