Queen

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Victoria
Queen
1837
1901
By Cadet Thornton
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• Queen Victoria is the longest reigning monarch
  in British history. She reigned between June 1837
  and January 1901. Queen Elisabeth is the fifth
  longest reigning monarch after Victoria, King
  George III, King James VI and I and King Henry
  III.

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• Victoria didn't go to school. She was taught
  at home. She studied history, geography, and the
  Bible. She was taught how to play the piano and
  learned how to paint, a hobby that she enjoyed
  into her 60s. Victoria's first language was
  German. At three years old she learnt to speak
  English and French. Later she learnt to speak
  Hindustani because she was ruler of India as
  well. She also learned to speak Italian because
  she loved opera.

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Victoria

• Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London,
  on 24 May 1819. She was the only daughter of
  Edward, Duke of Kent.In 1837 Queen Victoria took
  the throne after the death of her uncle William
  IV. Due to her secluded childhood, she displayed
  a personality marked by strong prejudices and a
  willful stubbornness. She became queen at the age
  of 18.

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• Queen Victoria was not strict with other
  people, although she was with herself. She did
  what she needed to do no matter what. When
  Victoria first came to the throne, she followed
  the convention of excluding certain groups of
  people from being presented at Court. Later she
  relaxed the regulations.

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Prince Albert
In 1840, Victoria married her first cousin,
Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha they fell madly and
deeply in love. They had a mutual respect and
admiration for each other. They were completely
devoted to each other. He was her husband, her
friend, her confidant and her top advisor. They
had 9 children together. Albert died from typhoid
fever in 1861.Queen Victoria mourned for the rest
of her life, wearing black and secluding herself
in her castle. She said that she would soon
follow her beloved in death, but lived 40 years
more! Victoria had nine children, 40
grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren,
scattered all over Europe.
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• She was the Queen of the United Kingdom of
  Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and
  the first Empress of India from 1 January, 1877,
  until her death in 1901. She reigned for 64
  years, the longest reign in British history.
  Victoria's reign was marked by a great expansion
  of the British Empire. The Victorian era was at
  the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period
  of significant social, economic, and
  technological change in the United Kingdom.

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• Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of
  Wight, on 22 January 1901 after a reign which
  lasted almost 64 years, the longest in British
  history. She was buried at Windsor beside Prince
  Albert, in the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, which
  she had built for their final resting place.
  Above the Mausoleum door are inscribed Victoria's
  words 'farewell best beloved, here at last I
  shall rest with thee, with thee in Christ I shall
  rise again'.

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