Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 Mey 1819 – 22 Januar 1901) wis Queen o the Unitit Kinrick o Great Brítain an Ireland frae 20 Juin 1837 till her daith.^[1] IN 1877, she adoptit the addítional títle o Empress o Indie.^[2]

Queen Victoria
Victoria weirin her smaa diamond croun (1882)
Queen o the Unitit Kinrick
Ring	20 Juin 1837 – 22 Januar 1901
Coronation	28 Juin 1838
Predecessor	William IV
Successor	Edward VII
Empress o Indie
Ring	1 Mey 1876 – 22 Januar 1901
Imperial Durbar	1 Januar 1877
Successor	Edward VII
Born	24 Mey 1819(1819-05-24) Kensington Pailace, Lunnon
Dee'd	22 Januar 1901(1901-01-22) (aged 81) Osborne Hoose, Isle o Wight
Buirial	4 Februar 1901 Frogmore, Windsor
Spouse	Prince Albert o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha
Issue Detail	Victoria, Princess Ryal, German Empress Edward VII Princess Alice, Grand Duchess o Hesse Alfred, Duke o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha Helena, Princess Christian o Schleswig-Holstein Princess Louise, Duchess o Argyll Prince Arthur, Duke o Connaught Prince Leopold, Duke o Albany Beatrice, Princess Heinrich o Battenberg
Full name Alexandrina Victoria
Hoose	Hoose o Hanover
Faither	Prince Edward, Duke o Kent an Strathearn
Mither	Princess Victoria o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Seegnatur

Victoria wis the dauchter o Prince Edward, Duke o Kent, the fowert son o Kíng George III. Baith the Duke o Kent an Kíng George dee'd in 1820, an Victoria wis raised unner close supervísion bi her German-born mither, Princess Victoria o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inheritit the throne at the age o 18, efter her faither's three elder brithers haed aw dee'd, leavin na survivin legitimate childer.^[3] The Unitit Kinrick wis awreidy an established constitutional monarchy, in that the sovereign held relatively little direct polítical pouer. Prívatly, Victoria attemptit tae influence govrenment policy an mínisterial appyntments; publicly, she becam a naitional icon that wis identified wi strict staundarts o personal morality.

Victoria mairied her first cousin, Prince Albert, oan 10 Februar 1840.^[4] Thair nine childer mairied intae ryal an noble faimilies athort the continent, tyin them thegither an earnin her the sobriquet "the grandmither o Europe". Efter Albert's daith in 1861, Victoria plunged intae deep mournin an avydit public appearances.^[5] As a result o her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strenth, but in the latter hauf o her ring her popularity rekivered. Her Gowden an Diamond Jubilees war times o public celebration.

Her reign o 63 year an seeven month wis langer nor that o ony o her predecessors, an is kent as the Victorian era. It wis a period o industrial, cultural, poleetical, scienteefic, an militar cheenge within the Unitit Kinrick, an wis merked bi a great expansion o the Brítish Empire. She wis the last Brítish monarch o the Hoose o Hanover. Her son an successor, Edward VII, inítiatit the Hoose o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha, the line o his faither.