What exactly does Victoria mean?

Queen Victoria (1865438+May 24, 2009-190165438+1October 22) is the longest-serving monarch in Britain and the first monarch to be called "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" and "India" During her 63 years in office, she was the most powerful so-called "not falling empire" in Britain. From her reign to her death to the beginning of World War I in 19 14, Britain was called the "Victorian Age". After 19 14, Britain began to decline.

Victoria's father is Edward, Duke of Kent, and her mother is a German princess. She lost her father when she was eight months old. She grew up in her mother's German environment and was educated under the supervision of her uncle, King Leopold of Belgium. 1837, her uncle, William IV, king of the British Empire and elector of Hanover, died. She/Kloc-acceded to the throne at the age of 0/8 and gave the title of Elector of Hanover to her other uncle. Henceforth, Hanover no longer belongs to Britain.

Although Victorian Britain was a constitutional monarchy, Victoria still had great influence on ministers. During her reign, Britain expanded extremely, so many rivers, lakes, deserts, waterfalls and cities in the world were named after Victoria. Shortly after she ascended the throne, the Opium War broke out.

1840, Victoria married her eldest brother, Prince Albert of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, and they had nine children, so that by the end of 19, Victoria had become "the grandmother of Europe".

She has four sons and five daughters. The eldest daughter Victoria became the queen of Frederick III of Germany. One of her grandchildren is German Emperor William II who started the First World War, and the other granddaughter is the Greek Queen. The second child was King Edward VII of England who later succeeded to the throne, and one of her granddaughters was the queen of King Haakon VII of Norway. Alice, the third child, became the princess of Prince Louis IV in Hesse, southwest Germany. One of her granddaughters is the queen of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, and the other granddaughter is the grandmother of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. The other three daughters, two of whom are Princess Baden-Powell in southern Germany and Prince Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. The other married the Duke of Scotland and later became the Governor-General of Canada. The sons all married princesses and princesses from Denmark, Russia and Germany. When Victoria was alive, there was a family photo with relatives of these famous grandchildren. I didn't expect the First World War to be fought between these relatives.

Victoria left London to live in seclusion after her husband died. Even if she appears, she always dresses up as a widow. Due to Victoria's seclusion, the Prime Minister could not ask the Queen for instructions on everything, so the power of the Prime Minister gradually increased, making the British constitutional monarchy more perfect. In addition, Queen Victoria was widely respected by the British at this time, and ministers began to ask her opinions on their own initiative. 1897, held a grand celebration for the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. She died in the Isle of Wight in 190 1.

During the Victorian period, Britain was unprecedentedly prosperous, with great development in economy, science, literature and art, and the "Victorian era" was missed by many British people.