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The reigning king or queen is the country’s head of state. All political power rests with the prime minister (the head of government) and the cabinet, and the monarch must act on their advice. The table provides a chronological list of the sovereigns of Britain.
- Edward VI
Edward VI, king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553. He...
- Victoria
Victoria (born May 24, 1819, Kensington Palace, London,...
- Anne
Anne was the second daughter of James, duke of York (King...
- Egbert
The son of Ealhmund, king in Kent in 784 and 786, Egbert was...
- George III
George III (born June 4 [May 24, Old Style], 1738,...
- Charles II
Charles II (born May 29, 1630, London—died February 6, 1685,...
- Henry V
Henry V (born September 16?, 1387, Monmouth, Monmouthshire,...
- Edward I
Edward I (born June 17, 1239, Westminster, Middlesex,...
- Edward VI
- Early Life and Ascension to The Throne
- Family and Descendants
- Albert’s Death and Victoria’s Later Years
- Legacy
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Alexandrina Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, at London’s Kensington Palace to Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III, and his wife, Princess Maria Louisa Victoria, who was of German descent. Named for her godfather, Russian Tsar Alexander I, she was fifth in line for the crown at birth. Before Victoria turned 1, Edward died of pn...
Victoria married her first cousin, the German Prince Albert, on February 10, 1840, whom she loved dearly. "I never, never spent such an evening!!” she wrote in her diaryfollowing their wedding night. “My dearest dearest dear Albert ... his excessive love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never could have hoped to have felt...
Albert died in 1861 at the age of 42 from typhoid fever. Devastated, Victoria spent the next 10-plus years in seclusion, and wore black as a symbol of mourning for the rest of her life. While in isolation, her popularity sank, but once she returned to public life, her penchant for foreign policy based on peace, support of charities that focused on ...
During Victoria’s nearly 64-year reign, the British Empire was at its largest and most powerful. The empire included India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, and covered one-fifth of the globe and accounted for roughly one in four people on Earth. Locations around the world, from Victoria, Canada to Victoria Falls, Zambia to Queensla...
“Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901),” Royal.uk. “How Queen Victoria remade the British monarchy,” National Geographic. “Queen Victoria: From Pampered Princess to Elderly Empress: Wife, Mother, and Queen,” Historic Royal Palaces.
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May 19, 2022 · Heritage. 16 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Queen Victoria. The British monarch survived a number of assassination attempts over the course of her life. By Chanel Vargas Published:...
Apr 2, 2014 · Queen Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901 — the second-longest reign of any British monarch. Updated: Mar 15, 2021. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty...
Mar 31, 2021 · In the 1800s, Queen Victoria oversaw the expansion of the British Empire—which would cover a fifth of the Earth's surface by the end of the century—and critical reforms to the monarchy.
Explore this online Queen Victoria resource created in partnership with London Grid for Learning to find even more. 56 carefully collated images tell the story of one of Britain’s favourite monarchs, accompanied by lesson plans and curriculum notes to help specialists and generalists alike to create memorable learning experiences for pupils.
Portrait of the Queen: homely scenes and wedded bliss. Victoria (1819-1901), queen of Great-Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of Indies (1876-1901) and prince Consort Albert, photo by Roger Fenton, 1854, one of the first occasions on which she agreed to be photographed.
