Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Victoria (24 May 1819-22 January 1901) was the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom

of Great Britain and Ireland (айленд) from the 20(твентн) June 1837 (эйтин фоти сэвэн),

and the first Empress of India of the British Raj from the (фест)1 May 1876(эйтин севенти снк), until(антил) her death. Her reign as the Queen lasted 63(снкети срн) years and 7(cH) 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's reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. She arranged (эрэйнжд) marriages for her 9(найн) children and 42 (ot# Ty) grandchildren across the continent, tying (ra) Europe together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". She was the last British monard of the House of Hanover.

Victoria was born in the 1819 (эйтин найтин). Victoria later described(дескрайб) her childhood as "rather melancholy". Victoria's mother was extremely protective of the princess, who was raised (рэйст)in near isolation (айзолейшон) under the elaborate (элАборэйт) set of rules and protocols.е

On the 24 May 1837 (Эйтин фоти сэвэн) Victoria turned 18 (эйтин), and in June she became Queen of the United Kingdom.

Princess Victoria first met her future husband, her first cousin Prince Albert when she was just seventeen in 1836 (эйтин фоти снкс). They were married on the 10(TH) February 1840(эйтинфотн), in London. Albert became not only the Queen's companion, but an important political advisor (aaap). They had nine children and the marriage was rather (pa) successful. The Prince Consort died of typhoid fever (тайфод фива) on 14(фотннс)

December 1861 (эйтин сиксти a#). Victoria, who was still affected by the death of her mother in March of that year. She entered a state of mourning and wore black for the remainder of her life. She avoided (эвойдед) public appearances(эпэранз), and rarely (P9ЛИ) set foot in London in the following years. Her seclusion earned (ёнд) her the name

"Widow(ВИДОв) ofWindsor."

Queen Victoria's reign marked the gradual establishment (ГРАДУЛЭСТАБЛИШМЕНТ) of a modern constitutional monarchy. Victoria's reign created for Britain the concept of the

"family monarchy" with which the burgeoning(баджеоннн) middle