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Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .
Map of the proposed boundaries between the United States and Canada around the San Juan Islands during the Pig War. Born the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and Sophia Maria Hornby (daughter of General John Burgoyne), Hornby was educated at Winwick Grammar School and Southwood's School in Plymouth and joined the Royal Navy in March 1837. [1]
Son of Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Alexandra of Denmark St George's Chapel 10 March 1863 6 children 6 May 1910 Buckingham Palace Aged 68 Son of Victoria House of Windsor [m] George V [13] George Frederick Ernest Albert 6 May 1910 [n] — 20 January 1936 (25 years, 260 days) 3 June 1865 Marlborough House
He endured three months of repeated surgery in an attempt to repair the damage to his hands and face, and went on to become one of the best known members of McIndoe's "Guinea Pig Club". He wrote an account of his experiences, published in 1942 under the title Falling Through Space in the United States, and as The Last Enemy in Great Britain.
Queen and Empress Victoria. Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Empire from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. At the start of her reign, responsible government outside of the United Kingdom itself was unknown, but starting in the 1840s this would change. [citation ...
General Sir George Brown: British divisional commander during the Crimean War; Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Butler GCB, PC (Ire) (31 October 1838 – 7 June 1910) was an Irish 19th-century British Army officer, writer, and adventurer. He was Commander in Chief of British Forces in South Africa at the outbreak of the Boer War.
Queen Victoria → King Edward VII → King George V → King George VI → Queen Elizabeth II → King Charles III Edward and Alexandra's daughter Princess Maud of Wales became Queen of Norway when her husband, Prince Carl of Denmark, became King Haakon VII (1905–1957) upon the dissolution of Norway's union with Sweden in 1905.
Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; [1] 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841.