About Queen Victoria
With an estimated net worth of $675 million, Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) reigned as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 24 May 1819 to 22 January 1901. England’s London is the birthplace of Alexandrina Victoria. She was born a princess because her father, Prince Edward, was the son of King George the 3rd and her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was of German origin. Princess Victoria became her uncle King William the 4th’s “heiress presumptive” in 1830, making her eligible to become queen at the age of 18, as there were no other royal successors.
Deciding on a Suitor
Victoria’s relatives started assembling potential suitors for the princess while she was still a teenager. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, whom her uncle King Leopold the First of Belgium had introduced to her, was more popular with Victoria than Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, who was chosen by King William.
Victoria becomes monarch.
Victoria was crowned queen on June 28th, 1838, over a year after King William passed away on June 20th, 1837. While Victoria wasn’t in a rush to get married, she did feel restricted by her mother’s continual presence. She proposed to Prince Albert in October 1939, and on February 10th, 1840, they were married. Between 1840 and 1857, Queen Victoria gave birth to nine children despite her dislike of being pregnant. The five girls and four sons all married into European aristocracy and nobility, earning Victoria the moniker “Grandmother of Europe”
most favorable international relations
Victoria and her husband visited the King of France in 1843, the first such meeting between British and French monarchs in more than 300 years. Victoria was always working to improve international relations.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch
Victoria experienced two setbacks in 1861 with the passing of both her husband and her mother, who was 74 at the time. The Queen was perpetually in grief following Prince Albert’s death from typhoid disease, from which she never fully recovered.
On January 22nd, 1901, Queen Victoria passed away, concluding her nearly 64-year reign, which was the longest of any British queen. The period of her monarchy, known as the Victorian Era, was marked by peace, prosperity, and the expansion and development of England through science, culture, and politics.
