death_date regent birth_date alt signature reign father house death_place coronation spouse image name caption predecessor succession birth_place moretext issue successor mother article_title
22 january 1901 '' see list '' '' see list '' 24 may 1819 photograph of queen victoria , 1882 queen victoria signature.svg 20 1901 1 may 1876 & nbsp ; -- 22 january june 1901 1837 & nbsp ; -- 22 january prince edward , duke of kent and strathearn house of hanover osborne house , isle of wight 28 june 1838 1 january 1877 albert of saxe-coburg and gotha -lrb- m. 1840 -rrb- 245px victoria victoria bassano , 1882 wearing her small diamond crown photograph by alexander william iv queen of the united kingdom empress of india kensington palace , london -lrb- more ... -rrb- victoria duchess of hesse alfred , duke of saxe-coburg and gotha , princess helena princess louise , duchess of argyll prince arthur german , duke of connaught prince leopold , duke of albany empress princess beatrice edward vii alice , grand edward vii edward vii princess victoria of saxe-coburg-saalfeld queen victoria

queen victoria

victoria -lrb- alexandrina victoria ; 24 may 1819 -- 22 january 1901 -rrb- was queen of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland from 20 june 1837 until her death .
from 1 may 1876 , she used the additional title of empress of india .
victoria was the daughter of prince edward , duke of kent and strathearn , the fourth son of king george iii .
both the duke of kent and king george iii died in 1820 , and victoria was raised under close supervision by her german-born mother princess victoria of saxe-coburg-saalfeld .
she inherited the throne at age 18 , after her father 's three elder brothers had all died , leaving no surviving legitimate children .
the united kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy , in which the sovereign held relatively little direct political power .
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 .
victoria married her first cousin , prince albert of saxe-coburg and gotha , in 1840 .
their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent , tying them together and earning her the sobriquet `` the grandmother of europe '' .
after albert 's death in 1861 , victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances .
as a result of her seclusion , republicanism temporarily gained strength , but in the latter half of her reign , her popularity recovered .
her golden and diamond jubilees were times of public celebration .
her reign of 63 years and seven months , which is longer than that of any other british monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history , is known as the victorian era .
it was a period of industrial , cultural , political , scientific , and military change within the united kingdom , and was marked by a great expansion of the british empire .
she was the last british monarch of the house of hanover .
her son and successor , edward vii , belonged to the house of saxe-coburg and gotha , the line of his father .
