List of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria

Below is a list of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria during her reign (which lasted from 1837 until 1901), giving the names of the places she stayed and any known reasons for her visit.

Despite being head of the British Empire, which included territory on all inhabited continents, Queen Victoria never travelled outside of Europe, only travelling as far north as Golspie, southwesterly as San Sebastián, southeasterly as Florence and as far easterly as Berlin. The majority of her visits were made to the duchies and kingdoms of Germany (often via Belgium or the Netherlands) which was the home of many members of her family and the birthplace of her husband, Albert. She also made a few official visits to France and frequently holidayed there towards the end of her life and reign, once including a brief crossing into northern Spain. She also holidayed a few times in Italy and once in Switzerland. During their married life, the couple tended to make foreign trips in late summer, however from the 1870s, the widowed queen travelled during the spring.

1840s

Date(s)LocationsCountryDetails
1843September 2 — September 7Château d'Eu, Eu  July MonarchyVisiting Louis Philippe I
1845August 11 — August 14Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Aachen Cologne, Bonn  PrussiaVisiting Frederick William IV of Prussia and seeing the unveiling of a new statue commemorating Beethoven.
August 14 — August 16Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz
August 16 — August 18Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz,  Grand Duchy of HesseVisiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
August 18 — August 19Schloss Würzburg, Würzburg,  Kingdom of BavariaVisiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
August 19 — August 27Schloss Rosenau, Coburg  Saxe-Coburg and GothaVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
August 27Elisabethenburg Palace, MeiningenVisiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
August 27 — August 28Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda
August 28 — September 3Schloss Friedrichsthal, GothaVisiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
September 3Wartburg, Eisenach  Saxe-Weimar-EisenachVisiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
September 3 — September 4Kurfürst Hotel, Fulda  Grand Duchy of Hesse
September 4 — September 5Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt Free City of FrankfurtReceiving Ludwig I of Bavaria
September 5 — September 6Hotel, Deutz  Prussia
September 6 — September 7Antwerp  BelgiumVisiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 8 — September 9Château d'Eu, Eu  July MonarchyVisiting Louis Philippe I

1850s

Date(s)LocationsCountryDetails
1855August 18 — August 27Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Paris, Versailles and Saint-Germain  Second French EmpireVisiting Napoleon III
1858August 5 — 6 AugustCherbourg
August 11 — August 12Breidenbacher Hof, Düsseldorf  Prussia
August 12Herrenhausen
August 12 — August 28Babelsberg Palace, PotsdamVisiting George V of Hanover
August 28 — August 30Hotel de Bellevue, CologneVisiting Crown Prince William of Prussia

1860s

Date(s)LocationsCountryDetails
1860September 24 — September 25Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt Free City of Frankfurt
September 25 — October 10Palace, Coburg  Saxe-Coburg and GothaVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 10 — October 11Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz  Hesse
October 11 — October 13Palace, Koblenz  PrussiaVisiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
October 13 — October 16Royal Palace of Brussels, Brussels  BelgiumVisiting Leopold I of Belgium
1862September 2 — September 4Royal Palace of Laeken, LaekenVisiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 5 — October 3Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda  Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 3 — October 17Palace, CoburgVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 18 — October 2Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken  BelgiumVisiting Leopold I of Belgium
1863August 12 — August 14
August 15 — September 7Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg  Saxe-Coburg and GothaVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria
1865August 11 — September 5Schloss Rosenau, CoburgVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1868August 6Paris  Second French Empire
August 7 — September 9Pension Wallis, Lucerne   Switzerland

1870s

Date(s)LocationsCountryDetails
1872March 25 — April 6Villa Delmar, Baden-Baden  Baden
 German Empire
Visiting Princess Feodora of Leiningen
1876March 29 — April 10Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden
April 10 — April 20Palace, Coburg  Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 German Empire
1879March 26 — March 27British Embassy, Paris  French Third RepublicReceiving President Grévy
March 28 — April 23Villa Clara, Baveno  Kingdom of Italy
April 24 — April 25British Embassy, Paris  French Third Republic

1880s

Date(s)LocationsCountryDetails
1880March 27 — March 30Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden  Baden
 German Empire
March 30 — April 1Schloss, Darmstadt  Grand Duchy of HesseConfirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
 German Empire
April 1 — April 15Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden  Baden
 German Empire
1882March 16 — April 12Chalet des Rosiers, Menton  French Third Republic
1884April 17 — May 6Neues Palais, Darmstadt  Grand Duchy of HesseWedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
 German Empire
1885April 1 — April 22Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains  French Third Republic
April 22via   Switzerland
April 23 — May 1Neues Palais, Darmstadt  Grand Duchy of HesseConfirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse
 German Empire
1887April 1 — April 4Villa Edelweiss, Cannes  French Third Republic
April 6 — April 28Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains
1888March 24 — April 22Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence  Kingdom of Italy
April 23Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck  Austria-HungaryStopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria
April 24 — April 26Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg  German EmpireVisiting Frederick III, German Emperor
1889March 7 — March 27Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country  French Third Republic
March 27San Sebastián Basque Country  SpainUnofficial meeting with Queen Regent Maria Christina, mother of Alfonso XIII.[1][2]
March 27 — April 27Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country  French Third RepublicVisiting Queen Regent Maria Christina

1890s

Date(s)LocationsCountryDetails
1890March 26 — April 22Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains  French Third Republic
April 22Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne   Switzerland
April 23 — April 29Neues Palais, Darmstadt  Grand Duchy of HesseVisiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
 German Empire
1891March 25 — April 29Grand Hotel, Grasse  French Third Republic
1892March 21 — April 25Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères
April 26 — May 2Neues Palais, Darmstadt  Grand Duchy of HesseVisiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
 German Empire
1893March 23 — April 26Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence  Kingdom of Italy
1894March 16 — April 16Villa Fabbricotti, Florence
April 17 — April 28Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg  Saxe-Coburg and GothaWedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 German Empire
1895March 15 — April 23Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice  French Third Republic
April 24 — April 29Altes Palais, Darmstadt  Grand Duchy of HesseVisiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
 German Empire
1896March 11 — April 29Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice  French Third Republic
1897March 12 — April 28
1898March 12 — April 28
1899March 12 — May 2

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