Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for nearly 64 years, after ascending the throne just weeks after turning 18. While short in stature, Victoria was a giant in shaping the modern monarchy, leaving her mark on what has come to be called the Victorian
Victoria’s mum and her mum’s friend, John Conroy, set up strict rules that Victoria had to follow as she grew up – these rules were called the Kensington System. Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, in 1840. Victoria and Albert had nine children, including ...
Prince Albert married his first cousin, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, at the age of 20, and after his untimely death at age 42, the queen's memory of him guided her for the next 40 years.
Daniella Relph First, there was the Victoria sponge, thencoronationchicken, now we have a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Pudding. The winning lemon Swiss roll and amaretti trifle isa twist ona traditionaltrifle, with layers of ...
Discover our top ten Queen Victoria facts here at National Geographic Kids. Learn about where the British Queen was born, when she reigned, her hidden talents and more!
Her ancestors include Queen Victoria, the second longest-ruling monarch in British history, and King George III. In 1936, Elizabeth’s uncle King Edward VIII abdicated the throne and chose to marry the American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. The following year, her father became king. Young Lilibet...
third daughter of the Maharajah and his German-born first wife, Bamba Müller. The fifth of six children, she wasnamed Sophiafor her maternal grandmother, a formerly enslaved woman from Ethiopia who married a wealthy German banker, and Alexandrovna in tribute to her godmother, Queen Victoria. ...
Victoria - Queen, United Kingdom, Accession: In the early hours of June 20, 1837, Victoria received a call from the archbishop of Canterbury and the lord chamberlain and learned of the death of William IV, third son of George III. Later that morning the
Queen Victoria'schildren and grandchildrenmarried into many royal families of Europe, and someintroduced the hemophilia geneinto those families. She was a member of the house ofHanover, later called the house of Windsor. Early Life Queen Victoria was born Alexandrina Victoria at Kensington Palace, ...
The new Queen, it was now clear, would in all probability never again be a mother; the Princess Victoria, therefore, was recognised by Parliament as heir-presumptive; and the Duchess of Kent, whose annuity had been doubled five years previously, was now given an additional L10,000 for the...