Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Victoria
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Queen of Great Britain
Date :
1819-1901
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Victoria, Reine de Grande-Bretagne, 1819-1901
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Victoria
NameAddition :
Reine de Grande-Bretagne
Date :
1819-1901
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Wiktoria, Królowa Wielkiej Brytanii, 1819-1901
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Wiktoria
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Królowa Wielkiej Brytanii
Date :
1819-1901
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Victoria, Koningin van Groot-Brittannie͏̈ en Ierland, 1819-1901
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Victoria
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Koningin van Groot-Brittannie͏̈ en Ierland
Date :
1819-1901
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Victoria I, Reina de Gran Bretaña, 1819-1901
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Forename :
Victoria
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I
NameAddition :
Reina de Gran Bretaña
Date :
1819-1901
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Viktorie, Britská královna, 1819-1901
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Viktorie
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Britská královna
Date :
1819-1901
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Viktoria, Drottning av Storbritannien, 1819-1901
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Viktoria
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Drottning av Storbritannien
Date :
1819-1901
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Victòria I, Reina de la Gran Bretanya, 1819-1901
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Surname :
Victòria
Numeration :
I
NameAddition :
Reina de la Gran Bretanya
Date :
1819-1901
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Viktoria, Großbritannien, Königin, 1819-1901
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Viktoria
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Großbritannien, Königin
Date :
1819-1901
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Victoria, Anglia, Regina, 1819-1901
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Forename :
Victoria
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Anglia, Regina
Date :
1819-1901
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ויקטוריא, מלכת ברטאניא, 1819-1901
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ויקטוריא
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מלכת ברטאניא
Date :
1819-1901
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Hebr
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Bhikṭoriẏā, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Bhikṭoriẏā
NameAddition :
Queen of Great Britain
Date :
1819-1901
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Виктория , королева Великобритании, 1819-1901
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Виктория
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королева Великобритании
Date :
1819-1901
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ヴィクトリア ジョオウ, 1819-1901
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Forename :
ヴィクトリア ジョオウ
Date :
1819-1901
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Jpan
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Victoria, Angliae, Regina, 1819-1901
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Forename :
Victoria
NameAddition :
Angliae, Regina
Date :
1819-1901
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Viktorija, Lielbritānijas karaliene, 1819-1901
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Forename :
Viktorija
NameAddition :
Lielbritānijas karaliene
Date :
1819-1901
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Victoria, Britannia, Regina, 1819-1901
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Forename :
Victoria
NameAddition :
Britannia, Regina
Date :
1819-1901
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Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Name Components
Forename :
Alexandrina Victoria
NameAddition :
Queen of Great Britain
Date :
1819-1901
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Bhiktoriya, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Forename :
Bhiktoriya
NameAddition :
Queen of Great Britain
Date :
1819-1901
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Female
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Biographical History
Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be a ruler in a 'constitutional monarchy', in which the monarch had very few powers but could use much influence.
Victoria and Albert had nine children Victoria (b. 1840), Albert Edward (b. 1841), Alice (b. 1843), Alfred (b. 1844), Helena (b. 1846), Louise (b. 1848), Arthur (b. 1850), Leopold (b. 1853), and Beatrice (b. 1857). All went on to marry other European royals; Victoria is sometimes known as "the grandmother of Europe". Victoria was deeply attached to her husband and she sank into depression after he died, aged 42, in 1861. She had lost a devoted husband and her principal trusted adviser in affairs of state. For the rest of her reign she wore black.
During her reign there were seven assassination attempts. These only strengthened her popularity. There were many periods where Victoria was unpopular. During the Irish potato blight (1845-1849) over one million Irish people died and another million emigrated; Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen" in Ireland. In January 1847 she personally donated £2,000 to the British Relief Association, more than any other individual famine relief donor. She also worked on improving the relationship between France and Britain. In 1864, Victoria pressed her ministers not to intervene in the Prussia-Denmark war, and her letter to the German Emperor in 1875 helped to avert a second Franco-German war. On the Eastern Question in the 1870s - the issue of Britain's policy towards the declining Turkish Empire in Europe - Victoria believed that Britain ought to uphold Turkish hegemony as a bulwark of stability against Russia, and maintain bi-partisanship at a time when Britain could be involved in war. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown, with the position of Governor General upgraded to Viceroy, and in 1877 Victoria became Empress of India under the Royal Titles Act passed by Disraeli's government.
During Victoria's long reign, direct political power moved away from the sovereign. A series of Acts broadened the social and economic base of the electorate. These acts included the Second Reform Act of 1867; the introduction of the secret ballot in 1872, which made it impossible to pressurize voters by bribery or intimidation; and the Representation of the Peoples Act of 1884. It was during Victoria's reign that the modern idea of the constitutional monarch, whose role was to remain above political parties, began to evolve. But Victoria herself was not always non-partisan and she took the opportunity to give her opinions, sometimes very forcefully, in private.
In her later years, she became the symbol of the British Empire. Both the Golden (1887) and the Diamond (1897) Jubilees, held to celebrate the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the Queen's accession, were marked with great displays and public ceremonies.
Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, on January 22, 1901 after a reign which lasted almost 64 years, then the longest in British history. Her son, Edward VII succeeded her. She was buried at Windsor beside Prince Albert, in the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, which she had built for their final resting place.
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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79017983
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10582813
https://viaf.org/viaf/95738652
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-017983
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9439
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