Queen Victoria 1819 -19 01

Victoria was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Ireland from 1837, and the first Empress of India
from 1876. Her reign lasted 63 years and 7 months, longer
than that of any other British monarch. In general, the
period during her reign is known as the Victorian era. This
era was a period of significant social, economic and
technological progress called also the Industrial Revolution.
Victoria's reign was marked by a great expansion of the
British Empire /India, Cape Colony in Africa, control of the
Nile valley in Africa, South Africa/. She had 9 children, 8 of
them married members of European royal families, and
the other, Princess Louise, was married to the future
Governor-General of Canada. That´s why, she is called
"the grandmother of Europe". The Victoria Memorial is
situated in front of Buckingham Palace in London.
She made also a big revolution in wedding clothes,
she was the 1st one to wear white dress as a bride.
When her husband, Albert, died in Windsor castle,
Victoria was devastated and she entered a state
of mourning and wore black for the remainder of her life.