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In Ireland, Victoria was labelled "The Famine Queen". [ 78 ] [ 79 ] In January 1847 she personally donated £2,000 (equivalent to between £230,000 and £8.5 million in 2022) [ 80 ] to the British Relief Association , more than any other individual famine relief donor, [ 81 ] and supported the Maynooth Grant to a Roman Catholic seminary in ...
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The state funeral of Queen Victoria took place in February 1901; it had been 64 years since the last burial of a monarch. Victoria left strict instructions regarding the service and associated ceremonies and instituted a number of changes, several of which set a precedent for state (and indeed ceremonial) funerals that have taken place since.
Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She continued as queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days.
Queen Victoria's Commemoration Medal 1900 (Ireland), [1] more commonly referred to as the Visit to Ireland Medal 1900, was awarded to those members of the Irish Police Forces on duty at Queen Victoria’s various engagements during her visit to Ireland in 1900. Film of the Queen's Dublin visit. Queen Victoria made a formal visit to Dublin ...
Henry's sixth and last wife, Katherine Parr, was the first Queen consort of Ireland following her marriage to King Henry in 1543. [2] The title of King of Ireland was created after Henry VIII had been excommunicated in 1538, so it was not recognised by European Catholic monarchs.
The state funeral of Queen Victoria took place on Saturday, 2 February 1901, in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; it had been 64 years since the last burial of a monarch. In 1897, Victoria had written instructions for her funeral, which was to be military as befitting a soldier's daughter and the head of the army, [10] and feature white dress ...