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Histoire. Victoria, reine du plus grand empire du monde. Rien ne destinait à régner la jeune fille de 18 ans qui monte sur le trône en 1837. Victoria, reine d’Angleterre, imprimera pourtant sa marque sur son époque et son empire durant 63 ans. De Dominique Kalifa. Portrait de la reine Victoria réalisé par Alexander Melville.
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.
- 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901
- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
6 avr. 2021 · Une pionnière qui transforma durablement la monarchie britannique et l'attitude générale de l'Europe envers la monarchie. On estime qu'une personne sur quatre sur Terre était un sujet de l'Empire britannique à la fin de son règne. Mais lorsque Victoria accéda au trône, la monarchie britannique était profondément impopulaire. ACCESSION AU TRÔNE.
- Unhappy Childhood
- Happy Marriage
- British Empire
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Victoria had an overprotective and unhappy childhood. Her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and her advisor Sir John Conroy, held to the ‘Kensington System’, a set of strict rules named after their Kensington Palace home. So when Victoria became queen upon the death of William IV in 1837, she relished the independence. Britain was already a constitution...
Albert and Victoria’s marriage was happy. As parents to nine children, the pair placed a strong emphasis on morality and family values, and thought it was better to set a good example to their children rather than chastise. They enjoyed seclusion at their new residences of Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, and Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands,...
At the height of the empire, a quarter of the world’s land surface was ruled by Victoria. She was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877. By the end of her reign, Australia and Canada were dominions, South Africa was soon to become a united nation, and large parts of Africa, the Far East and Oceania were under British rule. Victoria also exerted a str...
1839 – JMW Turner paints The Fighting Temeraire, often cited as the nation’s favourite artwork1863 – The Metropolitan line, the world’s first underground railway, opens in London1876 – Scotland-born scientist Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone- Britain Magazine
9 nov. 2009 · Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire for nearly 64 years, after ascending the throne just weeks after turning 18. She was the second-longest-reigning English...
A timeline of Queen Victoria's life: The Queen who restored the reputation of the British monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles.
31 mars 2021 · March 31, 2021. • 6 min read. The Famine Queen. The Widow of Windsor. Grandmother of Europe. Queen Vic. In the 19th century, Queen Victoria earned all those nicknames and more—testaments to...
