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Queen Victoria

One of history's most iconic monarchs, Queen Victoria (1819–1901) ruled for more than 60 years, from 1837 until her death in 1901. She was empress of the world's largest ever empire, and her name denotes an entire era of British history. She was mother to nine children – four boys and five girls born between 1840 and 1857 – with her beloved husband, Prince Albert. Victoria was married to Prince Albert from 1840 to 1861, when Albert died from typhoid at the age of 42. Queen Victoria had 42 grandchildren, many of whom took positions in the royal houses of Europe, and she became known as the ‘grandmother of Europe’. Here's everything you need to know about Queen Victoria…

Osborne House from terrace.

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Inside Osborne: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's island residence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration from 1883 shows the phrenology chart of the skull

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The Victorian phrenology craze. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the procession to the House of Commons to deliver People's Charter to government in 1842. (Photo by Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Queen Victoria with her children and grandchildren. Kaiser Wilhelm II is pictured left in the front row. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

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Friends, family and rivals: Queen Victoria and the European empires

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Queen Victoria’s pets and animals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"Queen Victoria was more than just a token ruler of India. Passionately interested in its people and culture, she intervened frequently in Indian politics," says Miles Taylor. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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The LibraryQueen Victoria’s Indians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Composite image of famous women: Cleopatra, Marie Curie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Madame CJ Walker, Jane Austen, Emmeline Pankhurst, Ethel Smyth, the Virgin Mary, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Diana, Princess of Wales, Amelia Earhart.

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The future Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace following their wedding, 20 November 1947. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Royal wedding traditions through history: etiquette, menus and the dress code. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The real history behind Victoria series two

Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in Victoria and Abdul. (Image by Movie Stills DB)

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Who was Abdul Karim? Shrabani Basu introduces Queen Victoria's Indian confidant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brooch commemorating Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. Queen Victoria is surrounded by a gold frame, ribbons and laces. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The Victorian shadow over the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victoria the matchmaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Victoria behind closed doors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Victoria’s dinners and Henry VIII’s niece. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A revolutionary engineer and Victoria’s Indian confidant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The French ballerina who became wealthier than Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Victoria at home and a new Civil War museum. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

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Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anita Anand on Sophia Duleep Singh: goddaughter of Queen Victoria and prominent campaigner for women’s rights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of a young Queen Victoria, c1850, by F Winterhalter

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How the killing of Queen Victoria’s personal chef changed Anglo-German relations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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6 royal births that rocked a nation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Queen Victoria and her descendants, taken in April 1894 in Coburg, Germany. The photograph shows Queen Victoria's position at the centre of a network of alliances created by strategic marriages, which gave her the name 'the grandmother of Europe'. (Alamy)

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A photograph of Queen Victoria and her family: what can it tell us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The mourning of Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The myth of native-bashing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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