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    poets, and even doctors. But the Victorian Period was only named after one person in particular. Alexandrina Victoria was one of the greatest monarchs of her time. She ruled during the Victorian era. She was the queen of Great Britain for over 60 years and she was a leader of strict standards. She was a popular monarch of her time even though the times were not greatest. Queen Alexandrina Victoria made many social changes during her rule of Great Britain and Ireland. There were many social, scientific

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    royalty. Queen Victoria was the only child to parents Edward, the Duke of Kent, and Princess Victoria, of Saxe-Coburg. She was born on the 24th of May in the year of 1819 in Kensington Palace, London, United Kingdom. Victoria had many negative influences in her life; this included her mother and her mother’s adviser Sir John. Victoria never had a positive influence, as a child as her father, Edward, the Duke of Kent, would fulfil that role but was unable as he alas died when Victoria was only 8 months

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    Who was Queen Victoria and what impact did she make? Queen Victoria took the British throne at a young age, she was only a teenager. She became the first british monarch only at the age of 18. She may have been young but she had great intelligence that's the reason she took the throne of the world's mightiest empires. Queen Victoria was the longest-reigning British monarch, ruling the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 64 years. She was fiercely independent she strengthened the monarchy

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    Have you ever heard of Queen Victoria? She was the second most popular queen after Queen Elizabeth. Queen Victoria was born royal, Victoria’s father died when she was only 8 months old and her mom became the main influence in Victoria’s younger years. Her fashion is what named the Victorian era. (Pettinger, 2014) Queen Victoria was born royalty, her mother was Victoria Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg and her father was Edward, the duke of Kent, King George III's fourth son. Victoria was christened privately in

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    The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819. Then, on June 28, 1838, she ascended to the English throne at the mere age of eighteen. Through her reign she accomplished many feats, including but not limited to, surviving 7 assassinations throughout her reign, receiving the additional title of Empress of India on May 1876, greatly impacted Britain’s age of industrial expansion, economic progress and empire. During Victoria's long reign, direct

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    Taylor Ulichny Mr. Saleeba English 4 4 October 2017 Queen Victoria She was the Queen of the United Kingdom in Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901. She was in the second longest reign of any other British monarch in history. She was the only child of Edward the duke of Kent and King George III's fourth son, and Victoria Saxe-Sal field-Coburg, sister of Leopold, king of the Belgians, was queen of Great Britain for 63 years. She died in England in 1901.She severed Queen of Great Britain

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    movie called The Young Victoria. Victoria was a young queen of the united kingdom where she was ascended to the throne on her 18th birthday after her uncle’s death, King William IV. She didn’t have a normal childhood like the others, forced to live under rules by her possessive mother and her wicked consort, Conroy which they called them Kensington system. Consort Conroy and her mother, tried to force her to sign an agreement that would make her mother Regent until Victoria reached the age of 25

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    Victoria was given the overwhelming burden of monarch at the young, innocent age of 18. The public didn't expect much from a frail young woman of 4 feet 11 inches. What she lacked in height though, she made up for in tenacity. Victoria grew into the crown and ruled her people justly throughout the years of her reign. The young Victoria launched the highly acclaimed “Victorian Era.” Under her leadership, advancements in moral and scientific realms grew exponentially. A famous quote from her father

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    Queen Victoria had a very stringent childhood, had no secluded time to herself, and her mother was around her all the time as she was trying to make Victoria dependent on others. Her mother’s struggle to make the child dependent have the opposite effect as Victoria grew to be independent and encouraged herself to do new things. Queen Victoria was eighteen-years-old when she ascended to the throne. As the Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, Victoria reigned

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    he Victorian Era is the era in which Queen Victoria ruled England. During this time period, Queen Victoria set many regulations, demands and expectations in regards to women fashion and lifestyle. Queen Victoria is recognized for her keen and unmistakable profile; as well as her seventy years of kinship in England and her actions and demands amongst women of that time period and as well as in that society. She established strict, personal morals for women in that era and “explicit demands” of the

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