Listen: Deborah Cadbury shows how Queen Victoria sought to influence the future of Europe through the marriages of her descendants, on this episode of the HistoryExtra podcast :. During the course of her year-long reign, Victoria came out unscathed from at least six serious attempts on her life, some of which were terrifyingly close calls.
In June , while four months pregnant with her first child, Victoria was shot at while on an evening carriage ride with Prince Albert. For a moment it seemed as though the queen had been hit, but Albert spurred the driver to speed away to safety and the would-be assassin, Edward Oxford, was apprehended. Oxford — who was later acquitted on grounds of insanity — proved to be the first of many to target the queen while she was driving in her open-top carriage.
In , as the carriage slowed down to pass through the gates of Buckingham Palace, retired soldier Robert Pate ran forward and managed to strike the queen sharply on the head with a small cane. Although it transpired that the cane weighed less than three ounces, so could not have done much damage, the incident nonetheless unnerved Victoria. She escaped several more assassination attempts while riding in her carriage in , and As the prince was aged just 42 and generally enjoyed good health, his death from typhoid was highly unexpected.
It came as a huge blow to the queen, who had been intensely reliant on his support, practically and politically as well as emotionally. Consumed by grief, Victoria fell into a state of depression and began neglecting her royal duties. As she repeatedly refused to take part in public events, her popularity began to deteriorate. It was not until the s that Victoria was coaxed back into gradually engaging in public life once more. Despite the decades that passed, Victoria never fully recovered from the loss of Albert.
Although she had other intimate relationships — most notably a close friendship with her Scottish servant John Brown — she never remarried.
She continued to wear black and sleep beside an image of Albert, and she even had a set of clothes laid out for him each morning, right up until her own death 40 years later in Her golden and diamond jubilees of and were crucial to restoring her reputation.
As she entered her eighties, Victoria was still actively taking on her royal duties. Yet, after six decades on the throne, her health finally began to decline. The queen had refused to be embalmed, so part of the preparations that followed her death included preparing the coffin to combat the smell and absorb moisture, by scattering coal across its floor.
The queen was buried beside her beloved Prince Albert on 4 February , in the mausoleum the queen had built for her husband at Frogmore , adjoining Windsor Castle. Think you know everything about Queen Victoria? Put your knowledge to the test in our Queen Victoria quiz! Sign in. Back to Main menu Virtual events Masterclasses. Home Period Victorian Your guide to Queen Victoria and a timeline of her life — plus 16 fascinating facts. Here are facts you need to know about the diminutive monarch — from her famed love and mourning for her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, to the many attempts on her life… Advertisement.
Victoria as a child. A portrait of the young Queen Victoria by Franz Winterhalter. Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert, and their nine children. Perhaps people thought this made her surly and stern; however, doing so showed how much she was dedicated to the love for her husband. Despite the fact that she remained secluded for a long time, she appeared frequently in public later in her life, which is when photography was first coming out, contributing to the extreme development of her popularity.
Queen Victoria lived to the age of 81 before dying in Osborn House in January of after weeks of ill health. Throughout her long year reign as queen, Queen Victoria created several positive changes for Great Britain.
All rights reserved. Queen Victoria Prince Albert with children. Accomplishments of Queen Victoria Not only did Queen Victoria rule for many years, but she also ruled for many successful years. Victoria took on a strong position in the affairs of her land. She had a lot of dealings with two of the great Prime Ministers in the history of the country: William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli. She spoke multiple languages including German, English, Latin, and Urdu phrases.
She helped to bring Great Britain back into a period of power and prestige, which it was losing before her reign. She extended herself to other lands, and by she was also crowned the Empress of India. She established the protocols and parliamentary traditions, like arriving in the Irish State Coach, still used by royalty to this day. She established a constitutional monarchy with her husband Prince Albert.
She sought to return England to the Catholic Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful and influential figures of the Middle Ages. Inheriting a vast estate at the age of 15 made her the most sought-after bride of her generation. She would eventually become the queen of France, the queen of England and He famously married a series of six wives in his search for political alliance, marital bliss and a healthy male heir. His desire to By her death in , One of the most renowned kings in English history, Henry V led two successful invasions of France, cheering his outnumbered troops to victory at the Battle of Agincourt and eventually securing full control of the French throne.
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