Queen Victoria

Queen 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.Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She inherited the throne aged 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue

Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. Their children married into royal and noble families across the continent, earning Victoria the sobriquet "the grandmother of Europe". the couple had nine children:Victoria, Princess Royal (b.1840),Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b.1941), Princess Alice (b.1843), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b.1844), [[