Queen Victoria - Bristol, UK
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BruceS
N 51° 27.128 W 002° 35.967
30U E 527832 N 5700181
Statue of Queen Victoria in from the the Marriott Hotel in central Bristol.
Waymark Code: WM9YJA
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/17/2010
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"Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India of the British Raj from 1 May 1876, until her death. At 63 years and 7 months, her reign as the Queen lasted longer than that of any other British monarch, and is the longest of any female monarch in history. Her reign is known as the Victorian era, and was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military progress within the United Kingdom.
Victoria was of mostly German descent; she was the daughter of the fourth son of George III, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Both the Duke of Kent and George III died a year after her birth, and she inherited the throne at the age of 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. She ascended the throne when the United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the king or queen held relatively few direct political powers and exercised influence by the prime minister's advice; but she became the iconic symbol of the nation and empire. She had strict standards of personal morality. Her reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire, which reached its zenith and became the foremost global power.
Her 9 children and 42 grandchildren married into royal families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover; her son King Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha." - Wikipedia
Monarch Ranking: King / Queen
Proper Title and Name of Monarch: Queen Victoria (christened Alexandrina Victoria)
Country or Empire of Influence: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, India
Website for additonal information: [Web Link]
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