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Overcoming Queen Victoria Research Paper

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Queen Victoria reigned Great Britain from 1837-1901, the longest of any monarch in Britain’s illustrious history. It was a long journey though, as she faced many obstacles during her reign, whether it was her age of becoming queen, the much sadness she dealt with, or the many wars Britain fought during her time as queen. Her mother was the Belgian born Princess of Leinington, sister of King Leopold of Belgium. Her Father was the Duke of Kent and fourth son of King George III of Britain. Being the daughter, of the fourth son of the King of Britain meant that there were many heirs before Victoria could become the ruler of Britain. However, much happened just before and after Victoria’s birth. First, the eldest son of George …show more content…

King George’s second son married Princess Frederica of Prussia but had no children. The third son married Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, they had two daughters but both died in their first two weeks. This made Victoria the next heir following George’s sons’ deaths. She was born in Kensington Palace, London, on May 24th, 1819. Both of …show more content…

The allies pushed forward to Sebastopol where again, they forced a retreat and obtained a great position for being able to attack the Russians again. On the 25th of October, the regrouped Russians were sent out again to try and reobtain Sebastopol. The Russians and Turks engaged for a brief amount of time before they pulled back toward more defenses and defenders. The Russians swept in and slayed them all, leaving only a couple British and French cavalries remaining. The Russians surrounded them but the allies rallied and the Russians were repelled. The Russians began to bomb the allies before charging back in and being repelled once again. On the 5ht of November the Russians attacked again at Inkerman but were again defeated heavily. The Russians would attack a couple more times but time after time, the outnumbered allies would be able to hold them back and ultimately force them to give up on their conquest of Turkey. Other than a brief Indian mutiny in British India, the next ten years were peaceful for Queen Victoria and Britain until, late 1861 when Prince Albert got

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