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1819 BCE
BIRTH
QUEEN VICTORIA WAS BORN ON 24TH MAY 1891 -
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QUEEN OF UNITED KONGDON OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
She 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. -
MARRIAGE
She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. -
WIDOWHOOD
she became a in year 1861 . Victoria's self-imposed isolation from the public diminished the popularity of the monarchy, and encouraged the growth of the republican movement. She did undertake her official government duties, yet chose to remain secluded in her royal residences -
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EMPRESS OF INDIA
In 1876, the British parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India. -
DEATH
Victoria died of a cerebral haemorrhage, which is a type of stroke. However, the Queen had been growing weaker for several years before her death.