[90] Victoria's first visit to Ireland in 1849 was a public relations success, but it had no lasting impact or effect on the growth of Irish nationalism.[91]. [34], At the time of Victoria's accession, the government was led by the Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne. [8] The system prevented the princess from meeting people whom her mother and Conroy deemed undesirable (including most of her father's family), and was designed to render her weak and dependent upon them. As Sovereign, Victoria used the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. Derby was reinstated as prime minister. Additionally, neither Queen Victoria nor Queen Elizabeth II would have expected to be queen. Victoria's household was largely run by her childhood governess, Baroness Louise Lehzen from Hanover. [25] Victoria was aware of the various matrimonial plans and critically appraised a parade of eligible princes. 94–96; Marshall, pp. [101], On 14 January 1858, an Italian refugee from Britain called Felice Orsini attempted to assassinate Napoleon III with a bomb made in England. [69] Edward Oxford felt that the attempts were encouraged by his acquittal in 1840. 1) Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 in Kensington Palace in London, England. 168–169; St Aubyn, pp. 259–260; Weintraub, pp. "[154] Victoria saw the expansion of the British Empire as civilising and benign, protecting native peoples from more aggressive powers or cruel rulers: "It is not in our custom to annexe countries", she said, "unless we are obliged & forced to do so. William's second daughter, Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, lived for twelve weeks from 10 December 1820 to 4 March 1821, and for that period Victoria was fourth in line. Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819. He was soon promoted to "Munshi": teaching her Urdu (known as Hindustani) and acting as a clerk. He is so sensible, so kind, and so good, and so amiable too. 12–13; Longford, p. 23; Woodham-Smith, pp. 370–371 and Marshall, pp. [49] The Queen commissioned a Tory, Sir Robert Peel, to form a new ministry. [177][178][179] Her family and retainers were appalled, and accused Abdul Karim of spying for the Muslim Patriotic League, and biasing the Queen against the Hindus. 51–52; St Aubyn, p. 43; Weintraub, pp. 221–222, Longford, pp. In March 1864 a protester stuck a notice on the railings of Buckingham Palace that announced "these commanding premises to be let or sold in consequence of the late occupant's declining business". [220] Contrary to popular belief, her staff and family recorded that Victoria "was immensely amused and roared with laughter" on many occasions. Taylor, Miles (2020) "The Bicentenary of Queen Victoria", This page was last edited on 26 April 2021, at 05:33. Melbourne". 503–504; St Aubyn, p. 30; Woodham-Smith, pp. George is Queen Elizabeth’s grandfather. Alice, who was born at Windsor Castle in Queen Victoria’s presence, is Prince Philip’s mother. The Duke and Duchess of Kent's only child, Victoria, was born at 4:15 a.m. on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. [75] In the next four years, over a million Irish people died and another million emigrated in what became known as the Great Famine. Peel resigned in 1846, after the repeal narrowly passed, and was replaced by Lord John Russell. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism in the United Kingdom temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Lehzen had been a formative influence on Victoria[66] and had supported her against the Kensington System. Elizabeth has a well-documented love for dogs, especially Pembroke Welsh corgis. The first two monarchs are great-grandchildren of the aforementioned union between Alexandra of Denmark (daughter of King Christian IX) and Edward VII … [46] When Lady Flora died in July, the post-mortem revealed a large tumour on her liver that had distended her abdomen. 210–211; St Aubyn, pp. Plus, both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II love animals. [17] She objected on the grounds of the King's disapproval, but her mother dismissed his complaints as motivated by jealousy and forced Victoria to continue the tours. Instead, the Queen went to Ireland for the first time since 1861, in part to acknowledge the contribution of Irish regiments to the South African war. 118, 290; St Aubyn, p. 319; Woodham-Smith, p. 412, Hibbert, p. 267; Marshall, p. 152; Woodham-Smith, p. 412, Hibbert, pp. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. Victoria noted the coincidence of the dates as "almost incredible and most mysterious". 1850), Leopold (b. [183], Victoria's eldest daughter became empress consort of Germany in 1888, but she was widowed a little over three months later, and Victoria's eldest grandchild became German Emperor as Wilhelm II. Beatrice transcribed and edited the diaries covering Victoria's accession onwards, and burned the originals in the process. 42, 50; Woodham-Smith, p. 135, Marshall, p. 46; St Aubyn, p. 67; Waller, p. 353, Longford, pp. MY DEAREST DEAREST DEAR Albert ... his excessive love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never could have hoped to have felt before! [107] The Queen felt "sick at heart" to see her daughter leave England for Germany; "It really makes me shudder", she wrote to Princess Victoria in one of her frequent letters, "when I look round to all your sweet, happy, unconscious sisters, and think I must give them up too – one by one. Around the world, places and memorials are dedicated to her, especially in the Commonwealth nations. After both the Duke and his father died in 1820, she was raised under close supervision by her mother and her comptroller, John Conroy. The Queen had a relatively balanced view of the conflict, and condemned atrocities on both sides. 89, 253; St Aubyn, pp. They had been betrothed since September 1855, when Princess Victoria was 14 years old; the marriage was delayed by the Queen and her husband Albert until the bride was 17. Together, they had nine children: four sons and five daughters. 241–242; Longford, pp. [112] In August, Victoria and Albert visited their son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, who was attending army manoeuvres near Dublin, and spent a few days holidaying in Killarney. 150–156; Marshall, p. 87; St Aubyn, pp. Many of the Queen's ladies of the bedchamber were wives of Whigs, and Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. [118] Her seclusion earned her the nickname "widow of Windsor". Peel became prime minister, and the ladies of the bedchamber most associated with the Whigs were replaced. [216] Only after the release of her diary and letters did the extent of her political influence become known to the wider public. Biography reports that she was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24, 1819, to Edward, King George III’s fourth son, and Victoria Saxe-Saalfield-Coburg. [68], On 29 May 1842, Victoria was riding in a carriage along The Mall, London, when John Francis aimed a pistol at her, but the gun did not fire. She was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III. 326 ff. Find the latest news and updates on Queen Elizabeth, Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of 12 countries. [41] Victoria believed the rumours. A painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer depicting the Queen with Brown was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and Victoria published a book, Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, which featured Brown prominently and in which the Queen praised him highly. At the time of her death Victoria had been Queen for 63 years and 216 days, but as of September 2015 Queen Elizabeth II holds the record for Britain's longest-serving monarch. [120], Victoria's self-imposed isolation from the public diminished the popularity of the monarchy, and encouraged the growth of the republican movement. [19] While Victoria was ill, Conroy and the Duchess unsuccessfully badgered her to make Conroy her private secretary. As she could not succeed to the throne of Hanover, her arms did not carry the Hanoverian symbols that were used by her immediate predecessors. [166] In early 1884, Victoria did publish More Leaves from a Journal of a Life in the Highlands, a sequel to her earlier book, which she dedicated to her "devoted personal attendant and faithful friend John Brown". Here’s what you need to know. 230–232, Charles, p. 51; Hibbert, pp. [31], Victoria turned 18 on 24 May 1837, and a regency was avoided. [210] From July 1832 until just before her death, she kept a detailed journal, which eventually encompassed 122 volumes. 47–48; Marshall, p. 21, Hibbert, pp. 356–362, Hibbert, pp. [70] In a similar attack in 1849, unemployed Irishman William Hamilton fired a powder-filled pistol at Victoria's carriage as it passed along Constitution Hill, London. 298–307, Hibbert, pp. 162, 165, Hibbert, p. 79; Longford, p. 98; St Aubyn, p. 99; Woodham-Smith, p. 167, Hibbert, pp. Hibbert, p. 27; Longford, pp. [226] The presence of the disease in Victoria's descendants, but not in her ancestors, led to modern speculation that her true father was not the Duke of Kent, but a haemophiliac. [170] She thought his government was "the worst I have ever had", and blamed him for the death of General Gordon at Khartoum. The following day, she participated in a procession and attended a thanksgiving service in Westminster Abbey. [124] Rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and some referred to the Queen as "Mrs. He has besides the most pleasing and delightful exterior and appearance you can possibly see. [39], At the start of her reign Victoria was popular,[40] but her reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when one of her mother's ladies-in-waiting, Lady Flora Hastings, developed an abdominal growth that was widely rumoured to be an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Sir John Conroy. 43–49, Longford, pp. [87] At the height of a revolutionary scare in the United Kingdom in April 1848, Victoria and her family left London for the greater safety of Osborne House,[88] a private estate on the Isle of Wight that they had purchased in 1845 and redeveloped. [5] King William distrusted the Duchess's capacity to be regent, and in 1836 he declared in her presence that he wanted to live until Victoria's 18th birthday, so that a regency could be avoided. [153] Disraeli's expansionist foreign policy, which Victoria endorsed, led to conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu War and the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 129–132; Weintraub, pp. [164] Ponsonby and Randall Davidson, Dean of Windsor, who had both seen early drafts, advised Victoria against publication, on the grounds that it would stoke the rumours of a love affair. Find out more about her life and reign here. Magazine reports. Outside Scotland, the blazon for the shield—also used on the Royal Standard—is: Quarterly: I and IV, Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England); II, Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III, Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland). In what became known as the bedchamber crisis, Victoria, advised by Melbourne, objected to their removal. 35–40; Woodham-Smith, pp. "[155] To Victoria's dismay, Disraeli lost the 1880 general election, and Gladstone returned as prime minister. 328–331, Hibbert, pp. Though a constitutional monarch, privately, Victoria attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments; publicly, she became a national icon who was identified with strict standards of personal morality. 10 facts about Queen Victoria. [26] According to her diary, she enjoyed Albert's company from the beginning. 1–17; Woodham-Smith, pp. 311–312; Longford, p. 347; St Aubyn, p. 369, Hibbert, p. 318; Longford, p. 401; St Aubyn, p. 427; Strachey, p. 254, Longford, p. 381; St Aubyn, pp. Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. 222–223; Woodham-Smith, pp. Leopold arranged for Victoria's mother to invite her Coburg relatives to visit her in May 1836, with the purpose of introducing Victoria to Albert. 276–279; St Aubyn, p. 325; Woodham-Smith, pp. Victoria's links with Europe's royal families earned her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". Victoria was devastated. 1843), Alfred (b. She became queen at the age of 18 after her uncle William died. Marrying a cousin, even a distant one, isn’t common today. 175, 187; St Aubyn, pp. [174] By this time, Victoria was once again extremely popular. 338–341; Woodham-Smith, pp. Victoria became queen at age 18, when King William IV died in 1837. 437–438; Longford, pp. I got out of bed and went into my sitting-room (only in my dressing gown) and alone, and saw them. [6], Victoria later described her childhood as "rather melancholy". In 1862, Alice married Ludwig IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse. 1857). [160] Victoria was outraged when he was found not guilty by reason of insanity,[161] but was so pleased by the many expressions of loyalty after the attack that she said it was "worth being shot at—to see how much one is loved". Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration. 491–493, Hibbert, pp. [4], The Duke of York died in 1827, followed by George IV in 1830; the throne passed to their next surviving brother, William, and Victoria became heir presumptive. 80–81; Longford, pp. "[32] Official documents prepared on the first day of her reign described her as Alexandrina Victoria, but the first name was withdrawn at her own wish and not used again. [106] The Queen and Albert hoped that their daughter and son-in-law would be a liberalising influence in the enlarging Prussian state. While Victoria inherited all the British Dominions, her father's unpopular younger brother, the Duke of Cumberland, became King of Hanover. [115] He was diagnosed with typhoid fever by William Jenner, and died on 14 December 1861. 464–466, 488–489; Strachey, p. 308; Waller, p. 442, Victoria's journal, 1 January 1901, quoted in Hibbert, p. 492; Longford, p. 559 and St Aubyn, p. 592, Hibbert, pp. 143–147, Greville quoted in Hibbert, p. 67; Longford, p. 70 and Woodham-Smith, pp. [175] Two days later on 23 June,[176] she engaged two Indian Muslims as waiters, one of whom was Abdul Karim. 385–386; Strachey, pp. [37] She became the first sovereign to take up residence at Buckingham Palace[38] and inherited the revenues of the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall as well as being granted a civil list allowance of £385,000 per year. [56], Albert became an important political adviser as well as the Queen's companion, replacing Melbourne as the dominant influential figure in the first half of her life. 460–461, Marshall, pp. 366, 372, 434, Potts and Potts, pp. [142], After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company, which had ruled much of India, was dissolved, and Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent were formally incorporated into the British Empire. [139], On the last day of February 1872, two days after the thanksgiving service, 17-year-old Arthur O'Connor, a great-nephew of Irish MP Feargus O'Connor, waved an unloaded pistol at Victoria's open carriage just after she had arrived at Buckingham Palace. [173] In the ensuing election, Gladstone's party lost to Salisbury's and the government switched hands again. The Queen hated being pregnant,[63] viewed breast-feeding with disgust,[64] and thought newborn babies were ugly. Both queens had big families — nine children for Victoria and four for Elizabeth. 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[137] To general rejoicing, he recovered. 420–421; St Aubyn, p. 422; Strachey, p. 278, Hibbert, p. 427; Longford, p. 446; St Aubyn, p. 421, Longford, p. 454; St Aubyn, p. 425; Hibbert, p. 443, Hibbert, pp. Then, because she was queen, she proposed to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. [51] Her mother was consigned to a remote apartment in Buckingham Palace, and Victoria often refused to see her. "[195], Following a custom she maintained throughout her widowhood, Victoria spent the Christmas of 1900 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Read more: These Amazing Photos Reveal What Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Looked Like When They First Got Married. Both women, for instance, were quite young when they fell in love with their future husbands. 196–198; St Aubyn, p. 244; Woodham-Smith, pp. [20] As a teenager, Victoria resisted persistent attempts by her mother and Conroy to appoint him to her staff. Queen Victoria, born at Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819, was Queen from 1837-1901. Her death in 1817 precipitated a succession crisis that brought pressure on the Duke of Kent and his unmarried brothers to marry and have children. [48], In 1839, Melbourne resigned after Radicals and Tories (both of whom Victoria detested) voted against a bill to suspend the constitution of Jamaica. 43–49; Woodham-Smith, p. 117, Victoria quoted in Marshall, p. 27 and Weintraub, p. 49, Victoria quoted in Hibbert, p. 99; St Aubyn, p. 43; Weintraub, p. 49 and Woodham-Smith, p. 119, Hibbert, p. 102; Marshall, p. 60; Waller, p. 363; Weintraub, p. 51; Woodham-Smith, p. 122, Waller, pp. [121] She did undertake her official government duties, yet chose to remain secluded in her royal residences—Windsor Castle, Osborne House, and the private estate in Scotland that she and Albert had acquired in 1847, Balmoral Castle. 1848), Arthur (b. Oh! Salisbury's government only lasted a few months, however, and Victoria was forced to recall Gladstone, whom she referred to as a "half crazy & really in many ways ridiculous old man". 109–112; Waller, pp. And the line of succession to the crown is even more complicated. 428–429, Hibbert, pp. 298–307, Hibbert, pp. 442–444; Waller, pp. He clasped me in his arms, & we kissed each other again & again! Victoria was then third in line to the throne after Frederick and William. "[27] Alexander, on the other hand, she described as "very plain". Victoria continued to praise Albert following his second visit in October 1839. Queen Victoria remains one of the most iconic British monarchs. They married in 1840. [163] John Brown died 10 days after her accident, and to the consternation of her private secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, Victoria began work on a eulogistic biography of Brown. [83], Internationally, Victoria took a keen interest in the improvement of relations between France and Britain. Oxford fired twice, but either both bullets missed or, as he later claimed, the guns had no shot. 27–28; Waller, pp. Bean was sentenced to 18 months in jail. [96][217] Biographies of Victoria written before much of the primary material became available, such as Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria of 1921, are now considered out of date. As Biography explains, “Victoria’s reign saw great cultural expansion; advances in industry, science, and communications; and the building of railways and the London Underground.” Also during her time on the throne, Britain “expanded its imperial reach, doubling in size and encompassing Canada, Australia, India, and various possessions in Africa and the South Pacific.”, Princess Elizabeth wearing a grey silk gown, a pearl necklace, and a diamond tiara, for her 25th birthday, 21 April 1951 in London. [202] On 25 January, Edward, Wilhelm, and her third son, the Duke of Connaught, helped lift her body into the coffin. Royal haemophiliacs descended from Victoria included her great-grandsons, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia; Alfonso, Prince of Asturias; and Infante Gonzalo of Spain. Victoria and Albert's hopes of a liberal Germany would go unfulfilled, as Wilhelm was a firm believer in autocracy. [212] Despite this destruction, much of the diaries still exist. Additional names proposed by her parents—Georgina (or Georgiana), Charlotte, and Augusta—were dropped on the instructions of Kent's eldest brother George, Prince Regent. [223] As Victoria's monarchy became more symbolic than political, it placed a strong emphasis on morality and family values, in contrast to the sexual, financial and personal scandals that had been associated with previous members of the House of Hanover and which had discredited the monarchy. Outside, the nation erupted into huge public celebration. Hibbert, pp. [1], Victoria was christened privately by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, on 24 June 1819 in the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. [143] She wrote of "her feelings of horror and regret at the result of this bloody civil war",[144] and insisted, urged on by Albert, that an official proclamation announcing the transfer of power from the company to the state "should breathe feelings of generosity, benevolence and religious toleration". [225] Of the 42 grandchildren of Victoria and Albert, 34 survived to adulthood. One of Albert's dressing gowns was placed by her side, with a plaster cast of his hand, while a lock of John Brown's hair, along with a picture of him, was placed in her left hand concealed from the view of the family by a carefully positioned bunch of flowers. [186] His government was weak, and the following year Lord Salisbury replaced him. 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