Queen Victoria

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Queen Victoria

• 1819-1901

Leigh-Anne Smith
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Princess Victoria

• Alexandrina Victoria was born on 24th May 1819 at
  Kensington Palace to the Duke and Duchess of Kent
  who called her Victoria from birth.

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Succession to the Throne

• 1820 Victorias father Edward, Duke of
  Kent, dies
• 1830 George IV dies
• 1830 William IV accedes to the throne
• 1837 William IV dies
• 1837 Victoria accedes to the throne
• 1838 Victorias coronation

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Marriage

• Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of
  Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, on 10th February 1840 at St.
  Jamess Palace. Both were just 20 years old.

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Children

• Victoria and Albert had many children, nine in
  all.
• Their second child became King Edward VII upon
  Victorias death.

• Victoria 1840-1901
• Edward 1841-1910
• Alice 1842-1878
• Alfred 1844-1900
• Helena 1846-1923
• Louise 1848-1939
• Arthur 1850-1942
• Leopold 1853-1884
• Beatrice 1857-1944

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Mourning

• 1861 Queen Victoria was plunged into mourning
  when Prince Albert died of typhoid fever.
• 1861-1874 Queen Victoria seldom went out in
  public after her husbands death. She wore black
  mourning clothes and spent much time at Balmoral
  Castle in Scotland.
• 1874 Victoria came out of mourning and resumed
  her public duties.

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Reign

• At present Queen Victoria is the longest reigning
  monarch in British history. During her 64 years
  as Queen she instigated many changes in Britain
  which we benefit from today.
• Under her reign the British Empire grew to cover
  one quarter of the worlds land mass, the largest
  empire ever known.

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Queen Victoria

• Born 1819
• Died 1901