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  1. List of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria

    Below is a list of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria during her reign (which lasted from 1837 until 1901), giving the names of the places she stayed and any known reasons for her visit.. Despite being head of the British Empire, which included territory on all inhabited continents, Queen Victoria never travelled outside of Europe, only travelling as far north as Golspie, southwesterly as ...

  2. Queen Victoria in Paris

    This event is in the past. Daily (Thursday, 13 Oct 2016 - Saturday, 10 Dec 2016) In August 1855, Queen Victoria made a historic State Visit to Paris, the first time a British monarch had visited the French capital in over 400 years. Just 40 years after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, France and Britain had entered a ...

  3. State and official visits to the United Kingdom

    Queen Victoria hosted Napoleon III for a state visit at Windsor Castle in 1855, although it consisted of more informal arrangements. Very few formal state visits to the country took place prior to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in the 20th century.

  4. British State Visit to France, 1855

    British State Visit to France, 1855. August 26, 2020 ~ Saad719. Following the French State Visit to Britain in April, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal as they made a historic State Visit to France, where they were hosted by Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie of France for a 10 ...

  5. Queen Victoria

    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.It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom ...

  6. Visit of Queen Victoria, 1855

    After his stay in London in April 1855, Queen Victoria came on a return visit to France from 17 to 28 August 1855. The Emperor went to meet her personally at Dunkirk and accompanied her back to Paris. Following an afternoon tour of the Palace on the 20th, the emperor put on a splendid reception for her at Versailles on 25 August.

  7. PDF Queen Victoria's Visit

    more formal state visit to Edinburgh and Leith took place the following day. The keys to the city were duly presented, and all ruffled feathers smoothed over! Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were none the wiser about the panic that their altered timings had caused. Queen Victoria came to the throne in June 1837, at the age of 18. She married

  8. Queen Victoria's Visit

    On the 28th November, 1843, Her present Majesty and the Prince Consort arrived from Windsor at Drayton Manor, on a visit to the late Sir Robert Peel and Lady Peel. During this visit the Queen and Prince proceeded to Lichfield, and inspected the city and cathedral. In 1852, the Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort and several of the younger ...

  9. Queen Victoria

    The future Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820), the fourth son of King George III, and Princess Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861). Edward was the first member of the royal family to reside in Canada for a sustained period of time. He spent the 1790s in Québec City and ...

  10. Queen Victoria

    Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901) was one of the most loved of all Britain's monarchs. Her longevity, devotion to her role as figurehead of an empire, and recovery from the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert won her a unique status as the ever-present symbol of 19th-century Britain, an era of tremendous political, industrial, and social changes.

  11. Queen Victoria

    It was during Victoria's reign that the modern idea of the constitutional monarch, whose role as Head of State remained separate to political parties, began to evolve. This page highlights the varied opportunities to explore more about Queen Victoria and her life through the Royal Collection's objects, paintings, drawings, photographs and ...

  12. Victoria

    Victoria - Queen, United Kingdom, Accession: In the early hours of June 20, 1837, Victoria received a call from the archbishop of Canterbury and the lord chamberlain and learned of the death of William IV, third son of George III. Later that morning the Privy Council was impressed by the graceful assurance of the new queen's demeanour. She was small, carried herself well, and had a ...

  13. What is a State Visit?

    State Visits, both outward and incoming, play an integral role in strengthening Britain's relationships with countries across the world. ... including a section dedicated to Queen Ena of Spain, who was Queen Victoria's youngest granddaughter and King Felipe's great-grandmother. ... The State Visits of Queen Elizabeth II: inward_state_visits ...

  14. Victoria, Queen

    VICTORIA, QUEEN (1819-1901; ruled 1837-1901), queen of the United Kingdom. The future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in the greater London area on 24 May 1819. She became queen of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, and Ireland on 20 June 1837. After a reign of sixty-three-and-a-half years, the longest in British history ...

  15. Ulysses S. Grant Meets Queen Victoria: A Test of Protocol

    The former General and President was about to meet his first European head of state, but a protocol issue almost derailed this important meeting. ... At the time of the Grants visit with Queen Victoria, Ulysses and Julia had been happily married for almost 29 years and had four children. Queen Victoria, 1819-1901 . National Portrait Gallery.

  16. Queen Victoria: Guide & Timeline Of Her Life, Plus 16 Facts

    Queen Victoria timeline: 9 milestones in the monarch's life. 24 May 1819 - Princess Victoria is born. 20 June 1837 - The young princess becomes a queen 1839 - The Bedchamber crisis. 10 February 1840 - Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 21 November 1840 - Victoria and Albert start a royal family

  17. State visit to Germany: Queen Consort wears Queen Victoria's poignant

    It started with a poignant moment of reflection at the Kindertransport Memorial. To mark the 85th anniversary of the first Kindertransporte, the King and Queen Consort heard from the British Honorary Consul, a second-generation survivor, and the Chair of the Kindertransporte Organisation Germany, about the remarkable UK-led rescue mission in 1938 to save 10,000 children by granting them entry ...

  18. Queen Victoria

    When the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in 1819, she was fifth in line to the throne. However, by the time she was 18, a quick succession of deaths among her relatives accelerated her to accession. She accepted the crown as an inexperienced teenager; when she died, aged 81, she was known as 'the Grandmother of Europe'.

  19. Permanent record of Queen Victoria's state visit to Derby, containing

    Permanent record of Queen Victoria's state visit to Derby, containing ... a brief resumé of Her Majesty's reign, an historical sketch of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, biographies of the President of the Infirmary and the Mayor of Derby, an interesting account of former royal visits to Derby, &c., &c. Publication date 1891

  20. Queen Victoria's little-known visit to Spain

    21st October 2019. Whilst on one of her late holidays in the south of France, Queen Victoria made her only visit to Spain. It was a visit that aroused the Queen's socio-historic curiosity in ...

  21. First State Visit of Queen Victoria to the City of London, November

    Monarchy and aristocracy. Places of worship. Religious buildings. Road and rail (towns and buildings) Streets and squares. First State Visit of Queen Victoria to the City of London, November 1837, Passing St Paul's by George Hayter (1792-1871), 1837, from Glasgow Life Museums.

  22. Swedish Royals Wear Tiaras for Germany State Visit

    Queen Silvia, 77, wore Queen Sofia's 9-Prong Tiara to complete her green dress, which featured lace above the waist and along the long sleeves. The statement piece was made for Sofia of Nassau ...

  23. State Visit of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria to the Glasgow International

    He based his composition on photographs of the crowd taken inside the main exhibition building. Queen Victoria, the only person seated, and her European relatives listen to an address by Exhibition President Sir Archibald Campbell. Sir James King, Lord Provost of Glasgow, stands in the centre. The 1888 Exhibition was held to raise funds to ...

  24. Queen Victoria's First Visit to Ireland

    The first, and perhaps most important, of these took place from the 2nd to the 12th of August 1849, in the later years of the Great Famine. On the 2nd of August 1849, the young Queen Victoria arrived in Ireland, accompanied by her husband, Prince Albert. This was a time of gret turmoil in Ireland, as the people had been suffering through the ...

  25. 10 Places to Remember Queen Victoria

    The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.

  26. Why Jaipur's King Painted His City Pink to Impress the Prince of Wales

    Prior to a state visit from Prince Albert Edward—the eldest son of Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert—Jaipur's buildings were either white or a "sallow yellow," according to ...

  27. Queen Victoria in Paris: Bowes Museum [Barnard Castle]

    Explore Queen Victoria in Paris: Bowes Museum [Barnard Castle] In August 1855, Queen Victoria made a historic State Visit to Paris, the first time a British monarch had visited the French capital in over 400 years. Just 40 years after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo, France and Britain had entered a military alliance ...