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5 days ago · Victoria (born May 24, 1819, Kensington Palace, London, England—died January 22, 1901, Osborne, near Cowes, Isle of Wight) was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the last of the house of Hanover and gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age.
2 days ago · Family and public life Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1854. In 1852, John Camden Neild, an eccentric miser, left Victoria an unexpected legacy, which Albert used to obtain the freehold of Balmoral. As usual, he embarked on an extensive programme of improvements.
3 days ago · Queen Victoria's immediate family belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; her deceased husband, Prince Albert, was the younger brother of the childless Duke Ernest II. Ernest governed the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , one of the states in the federalised German Empire . [10]
1 day ago · Queen Victoria and her family at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight in 1870. Her youngest son Prince Leopold is behind her. ... after her tragic cancer death aged 29;
3 days ago · Balmoral Castle, nestled in the Scottish Highlands, is one of the British royal family’s most beloved retreats. Since the time of Queen Victoria, who lived there for the final decades of her ...
3 days ago · Victoria scandalized the royal families of Europe when she divorced her husband in 1901. The couple's only child, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, died of typhoid fever in 1903. Victoria married Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich in 1905.
5 days ago · Her Life Was A Gilded Cage. Strong, intelligent, and best known as Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta led an extraordinary life. Her experiences, however, were far from ...
