Monarchs - Queen Victoria On Queen Hotel - Chester, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 11.772 W 002° 52.818
30U E 507996 N 5894103
This painted statue of Queen Victoria stands above the entrance to a railway hotel named after her.
Waymark Code: WMWC40
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/11/2017
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The hotel was built in 1860 to serve first class railway passengers of Chester Railway Station on the opposite side of the road.
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire. She was awarded the title of The Empress of India in 1877. At her death, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set.
She had 9 children during her marriage to Prince Albert. Their nine children and 26 of their 34 grandchildren who survived childhood married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe"
Victoria had been a much loved figure before and after she became queen, but after he died in 1861 aged only 42, she fell into a state of depression and largely withdrew from public life. However after 20 years or so, she slowly re-entered public life and after her jubilees was fully restored to public favour.
Monarch Ranking: Emperor / Empress
Proper Title and Name of Monarch: Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India.
Country or Empire of Influence: United Kingdom and India
Website for additonal information: [Web Link]
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