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. 363–364; Weintraub, pp. [126], Palmerston died in 1865, and after a brief ministry led by Russell, Derby returned to power. [174] By this time, Victoria was once again extremely popular. Victoria noted the coincidence of the dates as "almost incredible and most mysterious". My collage of miniature paintings of Queen Victoria's 9 children from eldest to youngest: Victoria (Vicky), Albert Edward (Bertie), Alice, Alfred (Affie), Helena (Lenchen), Louise (Loosy), Queen Victoria holding Arthur, Leopold (Leo) and Beatrice (Baby). [15] William compared the journeys to royal progresses and was concerned that they portrayed Victoria as his rival rather than his heir presumptive. [25] Victoria was aware of the various matrimonial plans and critically appraised a parade of eligible princes. Feb 5, 2013 - Explore Deborah Hale's board "Queen Victoria's grandchildren" on Pinterest. Jennifer Sweden. [72], Melbourne's support in the House of Commons weakened through the early years of Victoria's reign, and in the 1841 general election the Whigs were defeated. [168] The following month, Victoria's youngest child, Beatrice, met and fell in love with Prince Henry of Battenberg at the wedding of Victoria's granddaughter Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine to Henry's brother Prince Louis of Battenberg. Sa prestigieuse ascendance la relie à toutes les familles princières d’Europe comme descendante de la Reine Victoria (grand-mère paternelle de sa grand-mère maternelle) et du roi Christian IX de Danemark (son trisaïeul agnatique). "[195], Following a custom she maintained throughout her widowhood, Victoria spent the Christmas of 1900 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. [83], Internationally, Victoria took a keen interest in the improvement of relations between France and Britain. Mon cœur est pri… Before her accession, she received no grant of arms. [201], 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,[96] and white instead of black. 164–166, Hibbert, pp. The worlds largest non-commercial photo, video and blog sharing community - financed only by membership dues, without any intention of making a profit. Through reading her mother's papers, Victoria discovered that her mother had loved her deeply;[109] she was heart-broken, and blamed Conroy and Lehzen for "wickedly" estranging her from her mother. 321–322; Longford, pp. 388–389, Hibbert, p. 427; Marshall, p. 176; St Aubyn, p. 389, Hibbert, pp. Ils eurent 9 enfants (5 filles et 4 fils), pour la plupart mariés avec des membres de familles royales européennes. [216] Only after the release of her diary and letters did the extent of her political influence become known to the wider public. Until 1817, Edward's niece, Princess Charlotte of Wales, was the only legitimate grandchild of George III. [191], The Queen's Diamond Jubilee procession on 22 June 1897 followed a route six miles long through London and included troops from all over the empire. 53–57; St Aubyn, pp. [196] Through early January, she felt "weak and unwell",[197] and by mid-January she was "drowsy ... dazed, [and] confused". Bientôt, la surprise tourna à l’ahurissement lorsque l’enfant, ai… [148] Disraeli also pushed the Royal Titles Act 1876 through Parliament, so that Victoria took the title "Empress of India" from 1 May 1876. 311–312; Longford, p. 347; St Aubyn, p. 369, Hibbert, p. 318; Longford, p. 401; St Aubyn, p. 427; Strachey, p. 254, Longford, p. 381; St Aubyn, pp. Victoria's father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of the reigning King of the United Kingdom, George III. Reforms of the voting system increased the power of the House of Commons at the expense of the House of Lords and the monarch. Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897, was the first time the term had been used in the context of a 60th anniversary. 419, 434–435, 443, e.g. [93] Victoria complained to Russell that Palmerston sent official dispatches to foreign leaders without her knowledge, but Palmerston was retained in office and continued to act on his own initiative, despite her repeated remonstrances. 385–386; Strachey, p. 248, St Aubyn, pp. 175, 187; St Aubyn, pp. [125] The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown. He had been "killed by that dreadful business", she said. In 1818 he married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a widowed German princess with two children—Carl (1804–1856) and Feodora (1807–1872)—by her first marriage to the Prince of Leiningen. DATE:May 22 1951 D:Princess Elizabeth attends Flower Ball at the Savoy Hotel /original photo. "[27] Alexander, on the other hand, she described as "very plain". As a result of her seclusion, republicanism in the United Kingdom temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. 84 relations La descendance de la Reine Victoria et du prince Albert : Le 10 août 1840 eut lieu le mariage entre la reine Victoria et le prince Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. [86] Louis Philippe was deposed in the revolutions of 1848, and fled to exile in England. 257–258, Hibbert, pp. It was only in 1851 that Palmerston was removed after he announced the British government's approval of President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup in France without consulting the Prime Minister. Victoria Day is a Canadian statutory holiday and a local public holiday in parts of Scotland celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May (Queen Victoria's birthday). "[154] Victoria saw the expansion of the British Empire as civilising and benign, protecting native peoples from more aggressive powers or cruel rulers: "It is not in our custom to annexe countries", she said, "unless we are obliged & forced to do so. 63–65, Hibbert, pp. Hibbert, pp. Arbre généalogique des descendants de la reine Victoria du Royaume-Uni et du prince Albert. Victoria approached both Derby and Russell to form a ministry, but neither had sufficient support, and Victoria was forced to appoint Palmerston as prime minister. 161–164; Marshall, p. 129; St Aubyn, pp. 118, 290; St Aubyn, p. 319; Woodham-Smith, p. 412, Hibbert, p. 267; Marshall, p. 152; Woodham-Smith, p. 412, Hibbert, pp. [96] Her funeral was held on Saturday 2 February, in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and after two days of lying-in-state, she was interred beside Prince Albert in the Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, at Windsor Great Park.[206]. The bill removed political power from plantation owners who were resisting measures associated with the abolition of slavery. Her death in 1817 precipitated a succession crisis that brought pressure on the Duke of Kent and his unmarried brothers to marry and have children. [119] Her weight increased through comfort eating, which further reinforced her aversion to public appearances. [67] Albert, however, thought that Lehzen was incompetent and that her mismanagement threatened his daughter's health. [39], At the start of her reign Victoria was popular,[40] but her reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when one of her mother's ladies-in-waiting, Lady Flora Hastings, developed an abdominal growth that was widely rumoured to be an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Sir John Conroy. Lehzen had been a formative influence on Victoria[66] and had supported her against the Kensington System. [24] William IV, however, disapproved of any match with the Coburgs, and instead favoured the suit of Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, second son of the Prince of Orange. The rumours were false in the opinion of these biographers. 338–341; Woodham-Smith, pp. [35] Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one", and Victoria probably saw him as a father figure. 206–207, 211; St Aubyn, pp. 55–57; Woodham-Smith, p. 138, Hibbert, pp. [11] Her lessons included French, German, Italian, and Latin,[12] but she spoke only English at home. 464–466, 488–489; Strachey, p. 308; Waller, p. 442, Victoria's journal, 1 January 1901, quoted in Hibbert, p. 492; Longford, p. 559 and St Aubyn, p. 592, Hibbert, pp. [22], By 1836, Victoria's maternal uncle Leopold, who had been King of the Belgians since 1831, hoped to marry her to Prince Albert,[23] the son of his brother Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 460–461, Marshall, pp. He has besides the most pleasing and delightful exterior and appearance you can possibly see. [26] According to her diary, she enjoyed Albert's company from the beginning. [175] Two days later on 23 June,[176] she engaged two Indian Muslims as waiters, one of whom was Abdul Karim. [152], Between April 1877 and February 1878, she threatened five times to abdicate while pressuring Disraeli to act against Russia during the Russo-Turkish War, but her threats had no impact on the events or their conclusion with the Congress of Berlin. La descendance de la reine Victoria désigne ici l'ensemble des nombreux descendants de la reine Victoria du Royaume-Uni (1819-1901), et de son mari Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1819-1861). The two men were the sons of Danish royal sisters Alexandra and Dagmar. Many of the Queen's ladies of the bedchamber were wives of Whigs, and Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. 55–65, quoted in Hibbert p. 217; Packard, pp. La descendance de la reine Victoria désigne ici l'ensemble des nombreux descendants de la reine Victoria du Royaume-Uni (1819-1901), et de son mari Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1819-1861). 287–290, Hibbert, pp. Derby was reinstated as prime minister. 186–190; Woodham-Smith, pp. [10] Victoria shared a bedroom with her mother every night, studied with private tutors to a regular timetable, and spent her play-hours with her dolls and her King Charles Spaniel, Dash. 216–217; St Aubyn, pp. 42, 50; Woodham-Smith, p. 135, Marshall, p. 46; St Aubyn, p. 67; Waller, p. 353, Longford, pp. [110] To relieve his wife during her intense and deep grief,[111] Albert took on most of her duties, despite being ill himself with chronic stomach trouble. Instead, the Queen went to Ireland for the first time since 1861, in part to acknowledge the contribution of Irish regiments to the South African war. She inherited the throne aged 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. [84] She made and hosted several visits between the British royal family and the House of Orleans, who were related by marriage through the Coburgs. [57] Victoria's mother was evicted from the palace, to Ingestre House in Belgrave Square. 47–48; Marshall, p. 21, Hibbert, pp. 89, 253; St Aubyn, pp. But it … To the King's annoyance, Victoria was enthusiastically welcomed in each of the stops. [227] There is no documentary evidence of a haemophiliac in connection with Victoria's mother, and as male carriers always suffer the disease, even if such a man had existed he would have been seriously ill.[228] It is more likely that the mutation arose spontaneously because Victoria's father was over 50 at the time of her conception and haemophilia arises more frequently in the children of older fathers. He is so sensible, so kind, and so good, and so amiable too. 1848), Arthur (b. [229] Spontaneous mutations account for about a third of cases.[230]. Explore Mig_R's photos on Flickr. [100] They visited the Exposition Universelle (a successor to Albert's 1851 brainchild the Great Exhibition) and Napoleon I's tomb at Les Invalides (to which his remains had only been returned in 1840), and were guests of honour at a 1,200-guest ball at the Palace of Versailles. "Everyone likes flattery," he said, "and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. [8] The system prevented the princess from meeting people whom her mother and Conroy deemed undesirable (including most of her father's family), and was designed to render her weak and dependent upon them. 1844), Helena (b. [96][217] Biographies of Victoria written before much of the primary material became available, such as Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria of 1921, are now considered out of date. Less than a month later, on 20 June 1837, William IV died at the age of 71, and Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom. "[32] Official documents prepared on the first day of her reign described her as Alexandrina Victoria, but the first name was withdrawn at her own wish and not used again. [221], Through Victoria's reign, the gradual establishment of a modern constitutional monarchy in Britain continued. 602–603; Strachey, pp. Mig_R has uploaded 113532 photos to Flickr. As she could not succeed to the throne of Hanover, her arms did not carry the Hanoverian symbols that were used by her immediate predecessors. Explore Miss Mertens' photos on Flickr. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had 9 children (4 boys and 5 girls). 443–444; St Aubyn, pp. 420–421; St Aubyn, p. 422; Strachey, p. 278, Hibbert, p. 427; Longford, p. 446; St Aubyn, p. 421, Longford, p. 454; St Aubyn, p. 425; Hibbert, p. 443, Hibbert, pp. [163] John Brown died 10 days after her accident, and to the consternation of her private secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, Victoria began work on a eulogistic biography of Brown. [65] Nevertheless, over the following seventeen years, she and Albert had a further eight children: Albert Edward (b. [46] When Lady Flora died in July, the post-mortem revealed a large tumour on her liver that had distended her abdomen. [198] She died on Tuesday 22 January 1901, at half past six in the evening, at the age of 81. Descendance de la reine Victoria — Wikipédi . Victoria was pleased when Gladstone resigned in 1885 after his budget was defeated. 162, 165, Hibbert, p. 79; Longford, p. 98; St Aubyn, p. 99; Woodham-Smith, p. 167, Hibbert, pp. [183], Victoria's eldest daughter became empress consort of Germany in 1888, but she was widowed a little over three months later, and Victoria's eldest grandchild became German Emperor as Wilhelm II. 3–12; Strachey, pp. [223] As Victoria's monarchy became more symbolic than political, it placed a strong emphasis on morality and family values, in contrast to the sexual, financial and personal scandals that had been associated with previous members of the House of Hanover and which had discredited the monarchy. [75] In the next four years, over a million Irish people died and another million emigrated in what became known as the Great Famine. [218] The biographies written by Elizabeth Longford and Cecil Woodham-Smith, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, are still widely admired. La descendance de la reine Victoria désigne l'ensemble des personnes ayant pour ancêtres Victoria du Royaume-Uni et son mari le prince consort Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. [b] In her diary she wrote, "I was awoke at 6 o'clock by Mamma, who told me the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham were here and wished to see me. [135] In late November 1871, at the height of the republican movement, the Prince of Wales contracted typhoid fever, the disease that was believed to have killed his father, and Victoria was fearful her son would die. Elizabeth II Windsor, born on 21 April 1926, London, England. [19] While Victoria was ill, Conroy and the Duchess unsuccessfully badgered her to make Conroy her private secretary. 196–198; St Aubyn, p. 244; Woodham-Smith, pp. 84 relations. 12–13; Longford, p. 23; Woodham-Smith, pp. 95–101; St Aubyn, pp. [133] A republican rally in Trafalgar Square demanded Victoria's removal, and Radical MPs spoke against her. The miniatures of the children were gifts Prince Albert started giving to Queen Victoria. In what became known as the bedchamber crisis, Victoria, advised by Melbourne, objected to their removal. [58] Through Albert's mediation, relations between mother and daughter slowly improved.[59]. After the visit she wrote, "[Albert] is extremely handsome; his hair is about the same colour as mine; his eyes are large and blue, and he has a beautiful nose and a very sweet mouth with fine teeth; but the charm of his countenance is his expression, which is most delightful. 238, 241; Woodham-Smith, pp. [107] The Queen felt "sick at heart" to see her daughter leave England for Germany; "It really makes me shudder", she wrote to Princess Victoria in one of her frequent letters, "when I look round to all your sweet, happy, unconscious sisters, and think I must give them up too – one by one. [149] The new title was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar of 1 January 1877. Pis encore, comme essoufflé ou stupéfait, il s’évanouit d’affliction. [131] Disraeli's ministry only lasted a matter of months, and at the end of the year his Liberal rival, William Ewart Gladstone, was appointed prime minister. Article détaillé : Descendance de la reine Victoria du Royaume-Uni. 88, 436–437, Hibbert, pp. [3] The Prince Regent had no surviving children, and the Duke of York had no children; further, both were estranged from their wives, who were both past child-bearing age, so the two eldest brothers were unlikely to have any further legitimate children. La descendance de la reine Victoria : qui lui a succédé ? 42–43, Kalakaua to his sister, 24 July 1881, quoted in Greer, Richard A. Over 400,000 visitors came to London for the celebrations. The last British monarch of the House of Hanover, she was succeeded by her son Edward VII of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. [219] They, and others, conclude that as a person Victoria was emotional, obstinate, honest, and straight-talking. 66–69; St Aubyn, p. 76; Woodham-Smith, pp. [123], Through the 1860s, Victoria relied increasingly on a manservant from Scotland, John Brown. 356–362, Hibbert, pp. [190] One reason for including the prime ministers of the Dominions and excluding foreign heads of state was to avoid having to invite Victoria's grandson, Wilhelm II of Germany, who, it was feared, might cause trouble at the event. [49] The Queen commissioned a Tory, Sir Robert Peel, to form a new ministry. 108–109; St Aubyn, pp. Victoria and Albert's hopes of a liberal Germany would go unfulfilled, as Wilhelm was a firm believer in autocracy. 94–96; Marshall, pp. [220] Contrary to popular belief, her staff and family recorded that Victoria "was immensely amused and roared with laughter" on many occasions. [171] Gladstone was replaced by Lord Salisbury. (Photo by API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Arbre généalogique de la famille royale britannique : News Photo [225] Of the 42 grandchildren of Victoria and Albert, 34 survived to adulthood. The Prime Minister at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced Queen, who relied on him for advice. 222–223; Woodham-Smith, pp. My poor darling Affie gone too", she wrote in her journal. [194], In July 1900, Victoria's second son, Alfred ("Affie"), died. He passed the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874, which removed Catholic rituals from the Anglican liturgy and which Victoria strongly supported. 102–103; St Aubyn, pp. Melbourne". Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. One of the rare photos of Prince John, youngest son of then Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), taken a year before he died. See more ideas about romanian royal family, royal family, royal. 343–344; Longford, p. 389; Marshall, p. 173, Hibbert, p. 345; Longford, pp. His beauty, his sweetness & gentleness – really how can I ever be thankful enough to have such a Husband! [89] Demonstrations by Chartists and Irish nationalists failed to attract widespread support, and the scare died down without any major disturbances. 68–69, 91, Hibbert, p. 18; Longford, p. 31; Woodham-Smith, pp. 74–75, Hibbert, pp. Bean was sentenced to 18 months in jail. 447–448; Longford, p. 508; St Aubyn, p. 502; Waller, p. 441, Hibbert, p. 447; Longford, p. 539; St Aubyn, p. 503; Waller, p. 442, Hibbert, p. 376; Longford, p. 530; St Aubyn, p. 515, Marshall, pp. Financially prudent, she paid off her father's debts. 343–344; Waller, p. 404, Hibbert, pp. Additional names proposed by her parents—Georgina (or Georgiana), Charlotte, and Augusta—were dropped on the instructions of Kent's eldest brother George, Prince Regent. [101], On 14 January 1858, an Italian refugee from Britain called Felice Orsini attempted to assassinate Napoleon III with a bomb made in England. She marked the fiftieth anniversary of her accession on 20 June with a banquet to which 50 kings and princes were invited. [21] Once queen, she banned him from her presence, but he remained in her mother's household. Tout d’abord, à la grande surprise de chacun, lorsqu’il s’approcha du bébé pour le bénir, l’abbé de Gordes fut pris d’un malaise. 326, 330, Hibbert, p. 267; Longford, pp. The Duke and Duchess of Kent's only child, Victoria, was born at 4:15 a.m. on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. Peel became prime minister, and the ladies of the bedchamber most associated with the Whigs were replaced. Victoria was devastated. Eleven days after Orsini's assassination attempt in France, Victoria's eldest daughter married Prince Frederick William of Prussia in London. 153–155; Woodham-Smith, pp. Victoria's father died in January 1820, when Victoria was less than a year old. Arbre généalogique des descendants de la reine Victoria du Royaume-Uni et du prince Albert. 503–504; St Aubyn, p. 30; Woodham-Smith, pp. 53, 58, 64, and 65, St Aubyn, pp. [222] In 1867, Walter Bagehot wrote that the monarch only retained "the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn". Descendants of Victoria and Albert | The seven youngest children of Victoria and Albert. Descendance de la reine Victoria; Usage on fr.wikibooks.org Photographie/Personnalités/H/Hughes and Mullins; Usage on hy.wikipedia.org Ալբերտ Սաքսեն Կոբուրգ Գոթացի; Usage on id.wikipedia.org Albert dari Saxe-Coburg dan Gotha; Usage on it.wikipedia.org Alberto di Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha; Usage on ja.wikipedia.org [127] The following year she supported the passing of the Reform Act 1867 which doubled the electorate by extending the franchise to many urban working men,[128] though she was not in favour of votes for women. He was "the dearest of my dear sons", she lamented. [99] Napoleon III met the couple at Boulogne and accompanied them to Paris. 109–112; Waller, pp. … [150], On 14 December 1878, the anniversary of Albert's death, Victoria's second daughter Alice, who had married Louis of Hesse, died of diphtheria in Darmstadt. [185] In 1894, Gladstone retired and, without consulting the outgoing prime minister, Victoria appointed Lord Rosebery as prime minister. Jeune et volontaire dans l’accomplissement de son devoir royal, la souveraine devient très populaire. 1850), Leopold (b. 73–74; Woodham-Smith, p. 152, Marshall, p. 47; Waller, p. 356; Woodham-Smith, pp. One of Albert's dressing gowns was placed by her side, with a plaster cast of his hand, while a lock of John Brown's hair, along with a picture of him, was placed in her left hand concealed from the view of the family by a carefully positioned bunch of flowers. 354–355, Hibbert, pp. [162], On 17 March 1883, Victoria fell down some stairs at Windsor, which left her lame until July; she never fully recovered and was plagued with rheumatism thereafter.