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Victoria, ___ 1819-1901 ___ British
___ sovereign
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
The only child of Edward, Duke
of Kent, and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, Victoria succeeded her
uncle, William IV, to the throne when only 18 in 1837. Three years later,
she married her first cousin, Albert. Together they had nine children, many
of whom married into European monarchic families. Albert was somewhat moralistic
but also progressive, and, with Victoria, initiated various reforms and
innovations, such as the Great Exhibition of 1851, which helped re-establish
the British monarchy's popularity. The success of the Great Exhibition led
to the opening of public museums, such as the Victoria and Albert. Albert
died of typhoid in 1861, and, it is said, Victoria never fully recovered
from the loss. Nevertheless, she continued to reign for another 40 years.
During her time as queen, the British Empire doubled in size, taking in
India, Australia, Canada and parts of Africa and the South Pacific. Her
governments faced a number of foreign trials, including the Irish uprising,
the Boer Wars and an Indian rebellion. She was also the subject of at least
seven assassination attempts between 1840 and 1882. Her golden and diamond
jubilees in 1887 and 1897 led to national celebrations. Victoria kept a
detailed near-daily diary from the age of 13. There are over 100 volumes.
Ponsonby notes that she made £2,500 from the publication of 'Leaves'
and used the money to set up university and school bursaries for the people
of Balmoral.
One
biography link
DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1832-1840 1842-1882 ___ political
royalty childhood historyeye people society theatre
WEB TEXT LINKS
14
pages of extracts
some
extracts
some
more extracts
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Royal
Archives
SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Girlhood of Queen Victoria
Leaves from a Journal of Our Life in the Highlands
More Leaves
May 2005
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information
may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different
names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or
uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown,
or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British'
a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was
compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts
were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if
they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates
and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with
caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are
only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies.
4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges,
and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising.
I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some
variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited
myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their
original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the
titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries. |