Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January
1901) was the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India of
the British Raj from 1 May 1876, until her death.
Her reign as the Queen lasted 63 years and 7 months, longer than
that of any other British monarch before or since, and her reign is
the longest of any female monarch in history. The time of her reign
is known as the Victorian era, a period of industrial, cultural,
political, scientific, and military progress within the United
Kingdom.
Victoria ascended the throne at a time when the United Kingdom
was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the
king or queen held relatively few direct political powers and
exercised influence by the prime minister's advice; but she still
served as a very important symbolic figure of her time. Victoria's
reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.
During this period, it reached its zenith and became the
foremost global power of the time.
Victoria was of mostly German descent, the daughter of Prince
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and granddaughter of George III and the niece
of her predecessor William IV.
She arranged marriages for her 9 children and 42 grandchildren
across the continent, tying Europe together and earning her the
nickname "the grandmother of Europe".
She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover; her
son King Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha.
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