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Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 Mey 1819 – 22 Januar 1901) wis Queen o the Unitit Kinrick o Great Brítain an Ireland frae 20 Juin 1837 till her daith.[1] IN 1877, she adoptit the addítional títle o Empress o Indie.[2]
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Queen Victoria | |||||
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Queen o the Unitit Kinrick | |||||
Ring | 20 Juin 1837 – 22 Januar 1901 | ||||
Coronation | 28 Juin 1838 | ||||
Predecessor | William IV | ||||
Successor | Edward VII | ||||
Empress o Indie | |||||
Ring | 1 Mey 1876 – 22 Januar 1901 | ||||
Imperial Durbar | 1 Januar 1877 | ||||
Successor | Edward VII | ||||
Born | 24 Mey 1819(1819-05-24) Kensington Pailace, Lunnon | ||||
Dee'd | 22 Januar 1901(1901-01-22) (aged 81) Osborne Hoose, Isle o Wight | ||||
Buirial | 4 Februar 1901 Frogmore, Windsor | ||||
Spouse | Prince Albert o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha | ||||
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Hoose | Hoose o Hanover | ||||
Faither | Prince Edward, Duke o Kent an Strathearn | ||||
Mither | Princess Victoria o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
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Victoria wis the dauchter o Prince Edward, Duke o Kent, the fowert son o Kíng George III. Baith the Duke o Kent an Kíng George dee'd in 1820, an Victoria wis raised unner close supervísion bi her German-born mither, Princess Victoria o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inheritit the throne at the age o 18, efter her faither's three elder brithers haed aw dee'd, leavin na survivin legitimate childer.[3] The Unitit Kinrick wis awreidy an established constitutional monarchy, in that the sovereign held relatively little direct polítical pouer. Prívatly, Victoria attemptit tae influence govrenment policy an mínisterial appyntments; publicly, she becam a naitional icon that wis identified wi strict staundarts o personal morality.
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Victoria mairied her first cousin, Prince Albert, oan 10 Februar 1840.[4] Thair nine childer mairied intae ryal an noble faimilies athort the continent, tyin them thegither an earnin her the sobriquet "the grandmither o Europe". Efter Albert's daith in 1861, Victoria plunged intae deep mournin an avydit public appearances.[5] As a result o her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strenth, but in the latter hauf o her ring her popularity rekivered. Her Gowden an Diamond Jubilees war times o public celebration.
Her reign o 63 year an seeven month wis langer nor that o ony o her predecessors, an is kent as the Victorian era. It wis a period o industrial, cultural, poleetical, scienteefic, an militar cheenge within the Unitit Kinrick, an wis merked bi a great expansion o the Brítish Empire. She wis the last Brítish monarch o the Hoose o Hanover. Her son an successor, Edward VII, inítiatit the Hoose o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha, the line o his faither.