Why is Queen Victoria called "the grandmother of Europe"?

In Britain, almost no one doesn't know Queen Victoria. It can be said that almost all British people admire her very much, because she is not only the Queen of England with the longest reign (63 years), but also known as the "Victorian Age" in history during her reign, especially after 185 1 year. During this period, Britain's economy and culture were unprecedentedly prosperous. The social system has gone through the transformation from emerging capitalism to talent, prosperity and monopoly capitalism. This period was also a period when the British economy was strong and the sun never set.

Queen Victoria is called the grandmother of Europe because she has many relatives in Europe. After all, the royal marriage in Europe is more complicated than we thought. Queen Victoria is the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent. 18 19 was born in London.

1837 succeeded to the throne and became queen. 1838 was crowned in Westminster Abbey on June 28th. When I was eighteen. At the beginning of her accession to the throne, she actively participated in politics, cooperated with Viscount Ram of Melbourne (1779 ~ 1848), tended to Whigs, and was incompatible with the Tories. 1846, the queen and her husband Prince Albert (Prince? Albert) resolutely opposed palmerston's foreign policy and forced palmerston to resign.

In the later period of his administration, he turned to the Conservative Party and became close friends with Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, actively supporting his colonial aggression policy. 1887 and 1897, Britain held grand ceremonies to celebrate the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the Queen's accession to the throne, and took advantage of the Queen's popularity to consolidate the rule and internal unity of the British Empire when representatives from various imperial territories gathered in London for an imperial colonial conference. During the Victorian era, Britain changed from an ordinary European country to a powerful empire.