They were married the following year. Her father died of pneumonia in , when Victoria was less than a year old, and she was raised primarily at Kensington Palace, where she lived with her mother, the German-born Victoria Saxe-Saalfield-Coburg, duchess of Kent. Instead, Victoria relied on the counsel of her beloved uncle Leopold, as well as her governess Louise afterward the Baroness Lehzen, a native of Coburg.
When she became queen and moved to Buckingham Palace, Victoria exiled her mother to a distant set of apartments and fired Conroy. Hemophilia, a blood clotting disorder caused by a mutation on the X chromosome, can be passed along the maternal line within families; men are more likely to develop it, while women are usually carriers.
Sufferers can bleed excessively, since their blood does not properly coagulate, leading to extreme pain and even death. Accused of high treason, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Another would-be assassin, John Francis, made not one but two attempts to shoot the queen in her carriage in For the rest of her reign, she wore black. Seven years her junior and many ranks below her, the queen said Brown was her dearest friend — an unthinkable relationship at the time.
There were rumors that Brown and Victoria were lovers, especially after the death of Albert. Historians have since parsed through her journals — which were edited by her daughter Beatrice — and never found evidence of an affair.
But one thing is clear: She loved him. He quickly impressed the queen with his cooking, and she asked him to teach her Urdu. Victoria lavished Karim with gifts including a private carriage, titles and honors. She also commissioned several portraits. She became an Indophile in part because of her affection for him. Victoria died after a lengthy period of poor health on January 22, , at the age of We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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In the Scottish throne went to Mary, Queen of Scots, a controversial monarch who became France's queen consort and claimed the English crown. She was executed by Queen Elizabeth I in Prince Albert married his first cousin, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, at the age of 20, and after his untimely death at age 42, the queen's memory of him guided her for the next 40 years. Throughout her reign, England advanced its economic and colonial interests around the world, expanding colonies in Canada and Australia after the loss of the American colonies in the previous century.
The Kensington System was deliberately designed to keep the young Victoria dependent on her mother. One of the chief principles of the Kensington System was that Victoria was never allowed to be alone. Victoria was almost never allowed to leave Kensington and grew to resent all those involved in her upbringing. In fact, though the Kensington System was intended to make Victoria dependent on her mother and her associates, it backfired.
When they attempted to bully her into taking on Conroy as her personal secretary, she refused. She later banished Conroy from her apartments, and, after marrying Prince Albert, she evicted her mother from her palace entirely as there was no longer any societal pressure to have her there. Queen Victoria was crowned on June 28, However, because the Salic Law of Succession prevented a woman from ruling Hanover, the crown instead passed to her uncle, Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, who was an unpopular figure.
Ernest also served as her heir presumptive until she had her first child. The ceremony lasted five hours and was uniquely chaotic.
The Dean of Westminster, who usually administered the ceremony, was ill that day , and was replaced by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop, unfamiliar with the ceremony, placed the Coronation Ring onto the incorrect finger, which later took an hour to remove. Victoria was also handed the ceremonial orb at the wrong time, and the Bishop of Bath and Wells missed a page in the Order of Service , leading him to later recall Victoria to repeat the process to make it official.
Queen Victoria met and fell in love with her future husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on one of his visits to Britain in As head of state, she had to propose to him.
Victoria also had other unconventional traditions—she wore a white wedding dress and had a tiered wedding cake, two unique features that later caught on with other brides. They fought frequently, and Albert was not initially allowed to participate in governing the country. The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert also led to more political conflict with the Tories.
Only five Tories were extended invites to the wedding, and the party later responded by rejecting the request to assign Albert rank within the government. You Tories shall be punished! Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children over their marriage, beginning with Victoria, Princess Royal, in Though she had many children, the queen was not fond of being a mother.
She despised being pregnant and particularly disliked breastfeeding. Victoria also experienced postnatal depression after several of her pregnancies, contributing to her dislike of having children. Her experience after giving birth to Albert Edward was so intense that she experienced hallucinations, and wrote that she was affected for an entire year.
Victoria was also a carrier of hemophilia, which was passed on to 10 of Queen Victoria's children. Her son, Leopold, experienced the disease, and Alice and Beatrice were also carriers. While there, he spent three nights with Nellie Clifden, an actress. Prince Albert found out about the tryst and, though he was sick at the time, traveled to Ireland to reprimand his son. He was diagnosed with typhoid on December 9, and died just five days later.
Today, some have speculated that Albert actually suffered from Crohn's disease or abdominal cancer, as he had chronic stomach pain for two years prior to his death. Victoria entered into a period of mourning that lasted the rest of her life.
She was criticized for remaining in seclusion, and was accused of having an affair with one of her servants, John Brown. Republicans called for her removal in the early s with a rally in Trafalgar Square. In , Edward contracted typhoid himself, and the queen became worried for his safety. This appearance helped renew confidence in her leadership, and republican opposition to her absent rule died down. After 64 years as Queen of England, Victoria died on January 22, She was 81 years old, and beginning to experience health problems, including rheumatism and cataracts.
According to her writing, she felt ill throughout January, and the condition, which included being dazed and confused, worsened throughout the month. Edward, her successor, and Emperor Wilhelm II, her grandson, were present at her deathbed. Her funeral was executed in accordance with her wishes. She was given a military funeral to honor her father , a soldier, and wore a white dress with her wedding veil. The hair was concealed from public view with flower, likely because of the allegations that she had carried on an affair with him.
There have been plenty of influential monarchs in English history, but Queen Victoria is one of the most famous. Part of that comes from her lengthy reign, the longest until her great-great-grandaughter, the current Queen Elizabeth II.
But Victoria also presided over a great many important events of the s, adding to her legacy. As the British Empire grew, so too did its industry. This was the Industrial Revolution, which shifted population from rural areas to being concentrated in cities.
The poor were notoriously oppressed, with horrific sanitation conditions and incredibly high infant mortality— half of all children died before they reached five years old. Despite the plight of the poor, the industrial revolution brought a new era of wealth to business owners throughout England, fundamentally changing the relationship between the classes.
Though Victoria, as a monarch and therefore a member of the aristocracy, was not particularly involved in this revolution, Albert was particularly fond of technological advancement.
One area that Victoria was invested in was train travel. She found the experience far preferable to traditional travel by carriage , even if she had some reservations, and gave her approval. Because the queen favored trail travel, it grew in popularity regardless of class differences throughout England. Queen Victoria ruled over a rapidly expanding empire.
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