Queen Victoria - as she became aged 18 in 1837 after three of her uncles died without surviving heirs - went on to rule for 63 years, ... How Queen Victoria (born 205 years ago today) ...

Queen Victoria ascended the throne on June 20, 1837 following the death of her uncle King William IV. Queen Victoria was only 18 years old at the start of her reign.

Born in Kensington Palace on May 24, 1819, Queen Victoria was originally named Alexandrina Victoria, after her godfather, Tsar Alexander I, but always preferred to go by her second name, or the ...

Born on May 24, 1819, the young royal known as Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent defied all odds when she became Queen Victoria on June 20, 1837, less than a month after her 18th birthday.

Queen Victoria’s oldest son, Edward, was born in 1841. He became king in 1901, after Victoria’s death. Edward’s second-eldest son, George, succeeded him in May 1910.

Queen Victoria, born on May 24 1819, was previously the longest-reigning monarch in British history before she was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II – her great-great-granddaughter – in 2015.

If you haven’t disappointed your History teachers, then you’ll remember that 1819 was the year when Singapore was founded by the British – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, to be exact. It was also the ...

LONDON -- A new portrait of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, ... Rome’s African-born emperor, and James Chappell, a 17th century servant., will also feature in the series.

Queen Victoria's fifth-born child and third daughter, Princess Helena was born in 1846 and was nicknamed Lenchen. Helena married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who was 15 years older than ...