QueenVictoria

QueenVictoria

Queen Victoria

Victoria, a British’s girl, created an empire on which the sun never set. Victoria (1819-1901) was queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901 and empress of India from 1876 to 1901. She presided over the expansion of England into an empire of 4 million square miles and 124 million people.

Victoria was born Alexandra Victoria at Kensington Palace, London, on May 24, 1819.Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of the fourth son of King George III: Edward, duke of Kent and Strathern. Her father died a little after Victoria’s birth. Her mother was Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold of the Belgians and daughter of the duke of Saxe-coburg-Saalfeld. Victoria was a lively child. A governess educated her at home. Victoria learned to speak and write French and German as easily as she spoke English. She also studied history, geography, and the Bible. She was taught how to play the piano. She had a gift for drawing and painting, a hobby that she enjoyed into her 60s. Victoria kept a detailed diary. Her

famous journal is in 111 manuscript volumes.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was the Queen of England during the time when her country was the most powerful country in the world. Queen Victoria is the longest monarch in British history. Her reign was the longest of any monarch in British history and came to be known as the Victorian era. Historically the Victorian age is remarkable for the growth of democracy following the Reform Bill of 1832; for the spread of education among all classes; for the rapid development of the arts and sciences; for important mechanical inventions; and for the

enormous extension of the bounds of human knowledge by the discoveries of science. She became Queen at the age of 18 on Ju ne 20, 1837 because William IV, Victoria’s Uncle, had no children.At that time, the United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.Queen Victoria tested the limits of her royal powers when the government of Lord Melbourne, the Whig who had been her mentor, fell the next year. She refused to follow precedent and dismiss her ladies of the bedchamber so that the Tory government could replace them. Her refusal brought back the Whigs until 1841. As a monarch, she put the country’s interest in heart, and she regarded it as her life. She is just a woman, but she sacrifices herself to the country. Because of her, the Britain become greater and greater and all the people remember her; the Victoria Era is spread to the world and never forgets. During her reign of 64 years, which period is Britain’s most powerful period called ―sun-never-set Empire‖. Queen’s reign in English history knows as the Victorian Era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.During this period, it reached its zenith and became the foremost global power of the time. She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover; her son and successor Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Victoria was the first reigning monarch to use trains. Also Queen Victoria becomes a symbol of peace and prosperity in the United Kingdom. She was not one of the most