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Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Home: Queen Victoria had many residences. She lived in
Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Osborne House (Isle
of Wight) and Balmoral Castle. Queen Victoria bought
both Osborne House and Balmoral Castle.

Titles held: Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Empress of India (from 1 May 1876).

Age on accession: 18 years old. Victoria became queen on 20 June,
1837, with the death of her uncle, King William IV.

Education: Victoria was educated by her governess, Louise Lehzen,
and the Reverend George Davys. She was certainly busy.
She was given religious instruction and lessons in French,
Latin, German, Italian, arithmetic, drawing, music,
geography and history!

Marriage and family: On 10 February 1840, Queen Victoria married Albert, son
of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

The couple had nine children. Most of them married into
European royal families, like those of Denmark, Russia,
Prussia and the German Empire. The Royal Family today

is related to many European monarchies because of the
marriages of Queen Victoria's children. Prince Philip, The
Duke of Edinburgh, is also a descendant of Queen
Victoria through one of her children.

Queen Victoria was survived by 6 children, 40

grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren, including four
future sovereigns of England: Edward VII, George V,
Edward VIII and George VI.

Hobbies: The Queen loved singing. She loved to draw and paint and
kept a regular diary throughout her life. As a girl Victoria
had a fabulous collection of dolls, while in later life she
became fond of the opera and the theatre.

Queen Victoria published two books during her lifetime,
'Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands'

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