Search results
21 hours ago · Top left: Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning female monarch, reigning as Queen of the United Kingdom for 70 years. Top right: Queen Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom for 63 years; the longest at the time. Bottom left: Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1890 – 1948), is the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom.
5 days ago · Review. Was Queen Victoria a political genius – or just a ‘spoilt child?’. Anne Somerset’s fascinating new book, Queen Victoria and the Prime Ministers, shows how the monarch clashed with...
4 days ago · A very important fact about the hall is that Queen Victoria laid down the foundation stone. This makes the Royal Albert Hall perhaps the most Victorian building of them all. Some features of the Royal Albert Hall include the Italianate style with an iron dome that is glazed.
4 days ago · Mar 24, 2024. 2:30 AM. Queen Victoria became slimmer. Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, lost her double chin. The Duke of Kent saw his wrinkles smoothed. The abdicating King Edward VIII lost his...
People also ask
Who is the longest-reigning female monarch outside the UK?
Who was the only female monarch in the Muslim world?
Who was the first female monarch of Egypt?
Did Queen Victoria believe in moderation?
1 day ago · Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till her death (1189–1204).
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
5 days ago · Queen Victoria, monarch of Great Britain from 1837 to 1901 and Empress of India from 1876 to 1901, never went to Thailand nor was Thailand under British colonial rule. Nonetheless she had an important, if subtle role, in the development of Thailand’s railway network. Queen Victoria played a role in the development of Thailand’s railway network.
5 days ago · An exhibition of British Victoria-era art and craft opened at Guangdong Museum in Guangzhou, Guangdong province on Friday - the first of its kind in China. Entitled Splendour, Art in the Age of Victoria, the exhibition includes oil paintings, water color paintings, sculptures, garments, pieces of jewelry and ceramics categories.