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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, at the age of 81.At the time of her death, she was the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
English: The body of Queen Victoria on her deathbed, 1901. The Queen is lying on a bed, surrounded by white fabric, holding a cross. There are portraits of Prince Albert above the bed, and to the side. Flowers surround the Queen.
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.
Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22 January 1901, aged 81. Following her death, King Edward VII , who had never liked Osborne, presented the house to the state on the day of his coronation , with the royal pavilion being retained as a private museum to Victoria.
(9 February 1901). "The funeral of Queen Victoria". The Illustrated London News 118 (3225): 205. ISSN 0019-2422. Royal Collection of the United Kingdom: Cat. 2916457 and 2510238; Source: vanityfair.com
But while Victoria herself died in 1901, leaving the throne to her eldest son, King Edward VII, the queen's legacy on the monarchies of Europe lives on even in modern times.
[10] In October 1901, after the death of Queen Victoria, Elisabeth’s parents finally divorced. Her mother had rekindled a previous romance with another cousin, her future husband, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. Her father, according to letters written by her mother, had been caught cavorting with domestic servants.
Following Victoria's death in 1901, her successor, Edward VII, returned Karim to India and ordered the confiscation and destruction of the Munshi's correspondence with Victoria. Karim subsequently lived quietly near Agra , on the estate that Victoria had arranged for him, until his death at the age of 46.