Queen Victoria

Alexandrina Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 and died on January 22, 1901.

She was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign lasted 63 years and seven months.

Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III) and Princess Victoria of Sa

xe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840 and their children married into royal families from across the continent, for which Victoria was given the nickname "Grandmother of Europe" and spread hemophilia among European royalty. After Albert's death in 1861, she Victoria fell into deep mourning, utter sadness, and avoided public appearances.

She was the last British monarch from the House of Hanover.

Her 23rd favorite granddaughter was Princess Alix of Hesse and of the Rhine, Alexandra Feodorovna, was the last empress of Russia.

The beautiful Alix was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt.

The children born to the royal couple Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra were the great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.