QUEEN VICTORIA
Group Name: 6
Members: Tian En, Yin Yee, Rui Min, Jia Xuan, Jia Wai
Class: J3HUI
• Have 15 children in total
George III Of The United
• As the king aged,he was stricken with bouts of
Kingdom (Victoria’s Grandfather) mental illness which incapacitated him and forced
the kingdom to be ruled by his oldest son
Edward, Duke Of Ernest Augustus,
Oldest son-George IV Of The
Kent & Strathearn Duke Of Cumberland
United Kingdom (Victoria’s
(Victoria’s father) (Victoria’s uncle)
Uncle)
-seen as the
Wife Daughter
future of the Wife (Victoria’s Daughter -Queen
Caroline of (Victoria’s
British Mother) Victoria
Brunswick cousin)
Monarchy Victoria Of Saxe- • Born on 24 May
Princess
-she died at Coburg-Saalfeld 1819 in
Charlotte Of
1817 Kensington
Wales
Palace in London,
England.
Husband (Victoria’S • Her full name
Uncle) was
Leopold Of Saxe- Alexandrina
Coburg-Saalfeld Victoria.
• George made a scene at Victoria’s christening by raising a fuss about
her name.
• He was ultimately the one who settled on the name Alexandrina.
• Unfortunately 8 months after Victoria birth in January 1820, her
father fell ill and died, this loss left Victoria without a father .
• On the same month that Victoria’s father died, her grandfather King
George III who was living with a mental illness also died.
• Thus bringing the Regent Prince George Victoria’s Uncle to the
throne as the King George IV.
• Victoria was settled in Kensington in England although early on there
was a chance that she might return to Germany with her mother.
• After her father’s death, Victoria’s mother inherited his disastrous
financial situation and wanted to return to Germany with her
daughter in other to lessen her financial strain, something which was
in George IV’s favour.
-Fortunately, Victoria’s other uncle, Leopold discussed previously and
insisted that Victoria and her mother remain in England and paid for
them to remain in London, it was thanks to Leopold that Victoria was
raised as an English woman.
Born by Victoria’s mother before she (Victoria’s
mother) was widowed and remarried .
Victoria have a good relationship with her half
sister.
-Victoria continue to grow at Kensington and was said to have a very
spoiled lifestyle developing a serious temper which she would display
throughout her life she was entertained daily by dancing, parties and
music.
-Her uncle the former regent but now King George IV warmed
considerably towards his niece as he was said to have had soft spot
for children Victoria often had interviews with the King and was
treated very kindly by him.
By the time she was four, she was learning her alphabet and getting a
Baroness Louise Lehzen (Victoria’s Governess)
As Victoria aged, her governess Lehzen came when
Victoria was five and Victoria was said to have
adored her despite the strict rule that Lehzen would
often implement.
• work together with Victoria’s
But as Victoria aged, mother to try and put
her studies slowed as themselves in a position to
attain power through Victoria
she found learning if she were to become the
difficult and bored. queen before she reached 18
Unfortunately,Victoria years old
• Victoria mother hoped to
easy life as a child will become Regent; while
change due to the Conroy hoped to become
Sir John Conroy
influnce of one man-Sir (Victoria’s Victoria’s private secretary
John Conroy Mother’s
Comptroller)
-Victoria was exposed what conroy had dubbed in the Kensington system which for all
tents and purposes was a way of isolating Victoria from the royal family and the world
at large.
-Due to Victoria’s still being a minor a Regency plan was needed so Parliament
declared that her mother would indeed fill that role if Victoria became queen before
she came at the age of 18.
-Victoria’s household and the Royal Court relations actually deteriorated significantly.
-Victoria’s absence at court was not due to her own choices in fact she wished to
freed from the so-called Kensington system but for now there was no escaping it.
-When Victoria got typhoid during the travel at Ramsgate, which greatly affected
Victoria and left her bedridden, Conroy then saw his chance to strike in the weakened
heir to the throne and so pushed the sick young girl to appoint him as her secretary
by forcing paper and pencil into her hands and commanding her to sign, but Victoria
refused.
-When the king health began to seriously weaken in 1836 & 1837 a dinner was held in
which the king, Victoria and her mother all attended, the king expressed his desire
that he should live for 9 more months so that the crown will pass to Victoria directly
without the need for a Regency.
• When Victoria was just 18 years old , her uncle King William had pass away so
Victoria prepare for her future as a queen.
• She kept contact with her uncle Leopold , and her uncle help her much in her
early queen life
• In her first Council , she propose her first action , it was to command that her
legal first name Alexandrina will officially removed from her name forever.
• She meet her first prime minister which called Lord Melbourne , he is the king
of Belgium too.
• Victoria coming to throne the biggest shift that she experienced was
the change of the relationship with her mother.
• When she was young , her mother likes to control her but she dislike
her mother control her.
• When she finally can went out from the jail , she was very excited. She
moved her bed out of her mother’s bedroom and dismissed Sir John
Conroy
• Required her mother to request permission to be granted an audience
with her daughter
• Victoria has a strong relationship with Lord Melbourne , Lord
Melbourne has a wig so Victoria has one too. This wig became the first
seeds of scandal
• Victoria was crowded on June 28th 1838 at Westminster Abbey in a
long and grand coronation
• Slowly , anger to grow towards the young Monarch increase
• Her difficult relationship with her mother began to be discussed , the
influence of her foreign uncle Leopold gave many cause to suspected
queen was being influenced by foreign interests. Also , she was too
rely on German Len who was Victoria’s governess in her youth.
• Victoria try to remedy this scandal but it doesn’t work , it gives a great
deteriorate her
reputation in populace's heart.
• Lady Flora Hastings was 32 years old in waiting for Victoria’s mother a
possible spy. She is a part of a well-known powerful Tor family Tories.
• Victoria noticed that a different shape on Flora Hastings stomach and
have a conclusion that Flora was pregnant and think that Ser John
Conroy was the father but this is all gossip.
• In fact , lady Flora Hastings is not pregnant , she was ill and suffering
from an enlarged liver. At the end , lady Flora Hastings submitted
• Victoria quickly realize the mess that she created and try to remedy this by apologizing to
Flora Hastings but it’s too late , Flora’s family were enraged at her treatment. At the same
time , Victoria’s mother published the scandal in the papers to gains sympathy. This had a
devastating effect on Victoria’s reputation as the populist now became convinced that the
new queen had cruel nature.
• Her uncle had a negative effect because of Victoria and also Her uncle’s government were
also attacked viciously.
• Her uncle’s government was shortly thereafter defeated and her uncle was forced to resign ,
it was a bad news for Victoria. The resignation of Lord Melbourne cause another scandal.
• The scandal was Victoria forced to meet with Robert Peele and he hope Victoria can support
he to form a Tory government but Victoria didn’t support he because he wanted Victoria
replace the wig ladies that surrounded she as they all married to member’s of peel’s in
government. So Melbourne's government and wig returned
• Mrs. Hastings condition began deteriorate rapidly although Melbourne and Victoria remained
quite unsympathetic towards her struggles. After Victoria realize Mrs. Hastings can’t alive ,
she try to attempt to reconcile with the dying woman but it was too late. Mrs. Hastings died
at June 1839. It let Victoria had reached the top of her public disdain.
• When the discussion about Victoria’s marrying began , she hells love with her cousin Albert.
At Tuesday October 15th , Victoria propose to him and Albert accepted. They were married in
February 1840. Shortly after , she get pregnant but she felt detested before and called The
quote shadow of marriage which was her nickname for pregnancy.
• Over the course of the next 17 years, Victoria gave birth to nine
children: Victoria, Albert Edward “Bertie”, Alice, Alfred, Helena,
Louise, Arthur, Leopold and Beatrice.
• The root of the trouble lies in the mistaken notion that the function
of a mother is to be always correcting, scolding, ordering them
about and organizing their activities.
• Often subjected to corporal punishment when they failed to achieve
the high standards their father had set.
• Vicky was widely considered Albert’s favourite child.
• Born three weeks early, Vicky had poor health as a baby.
• Albert who took a very active role in her schooling and ensured that she
was fluent in English, German, and French by the age of 3.
• Vicky’s marriage to Frederick III took her to Germany to become the
Empress.
• The two died in the same year, with Vicky outliving her mother by just over
six months
• Bertie wasn’t precisely the heir his parents had envisioned.
• It wasn’t until he was then that Bertie came to realise that it was he, not his
more clever and beloved sister Vicky.
• After a brief stint in college, Bertie spent more time in military training with
mediocre results, much to his parents’ dismay.
• The true disappointment would come in another form, though: that of an
actress named Nellie Clifton, with whom Bertie had a brief dalliance.
• Albert died just weeks after the confrontation.
• On Queen Victoria’s decision to send Bertie away on a trip abroad which Albert
had planned to complete his education.
• Victoria did continue to see Bertie throughout the rest of her life and allowed
him to represent her at official events in her later years.
• Victoria never truly forgave him, and he was not allowed any political power or
station until he became king after his mother’s death.
• Spent 59 years as the heir apparent.
• Beatrice was Victoria’s favourite.
• The youngest of Victoria and Albert’s brood.
• After Albert’s passing, Beatrice became the vehicle for Victoria’s focus, doting on
her but also demanding all of her time and attention.
• By the time Beatrice came of age, Victoria dreaded the idea of her daughter
leaving her so much she forbade the mention of weddings in Beatrice’s presence
and the young princess became increasingly withdrawn and isolated.
• At the age of 27, Beatrice fell in love with Prince Henry, the third son of Alexander
of Batternberg.
• They were swiftly engaged without asking Victoria’s permission beforehand.
• It became clear that Beatrice could not be swayed, the Queen
ultimately gave her blessing on the marriage.
• Stipulation that Henry would come and live at Victoria’s residence, so
that Beatrice could remain by her side.
• After Henry died ten years into their marriage, Beatrice further
devoted herself to her mother, spending the remaining years of
Victoria’s life as her mother’s unofficial secretary.
• Due to Albert's manipulation, Melbourne was replaced by Robert Peel
and Baroness Lehzen was sent away
• Britain supported the Ottomans (Turkey)
• Albert: accused of pursuing Pro-German policy, attacked in press
• Albert became a workaholic -> relationship with Victoria + health
deteriorated
Crimean War (1853 ~ • Victoria: demanded better treatment for wounded soldiers,
1856) provided medals for acts of bravery (Victoria Cross)
Ottoman Empire vs
Russia
• Victoria’s mother (Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) died
• Albert: frequent stomach attacks & depression
• Bertie: sexual affair with Nelly Clifton, information leaked abroad
• Albert: met with Bertie in Cambridge, returned to London satisfied
with the conversation -> severely ill, died on December 14 th
• Victoria: room where Albert died was photographed, lay out his
clothes on his bed each day, slept with his night shirt, always kept
a cast of his hand close to her bed, often wore black, blamed
Bertie for his death, removed herself from public life and her
1861
duties
• After Albert’s death, she spent more time at Osborne on the Isle of Wight and at
Balmoral in Scotland
• John Brown served her at Balmoral and the queen became fond of him, becoming
her favourite servant
• She brought him back to Osborne and served the queen loyally which earned him
many promotions
• This damaged both their reputations and many false rumours were spread.
• He remained loyal to her until he died in 1883.
John Brown
• When Victoria’s uncle passed away in 1865, she became the head
of the family
• In 1866, she was ready to re-enter parliament and public life.
• In 1868, Disraeli became the prime minister. He was originally Benjamin
disliked by Victoria but as he used the method of flattery on her,
making it seem like Victoria was playing an important role and
Disraeli
making huge decisions when he was actually the one doing all
this.
William
Gladstone
• Upon Derby’s retirement in 1868, Disraeli became
prime minister briefly before losing that year’s
general election.
• In 1868, Gladstone became prime minister for the
first time.
• In 1870, the France-Prussian war broke out
• She began to attend some public functions which put her back
into the public sphere.
• In 1858, spurred on by the troubles between India and East India
Trading Company, India was transferred to the crown, this gave
Victoria an opportunity to be declared queen empress in 1876.
• The two shared letters regularly, sometimes
even daily, after Vicky’s marriage to Frederick III
took her to Germany to become the Empress.
• Abdul Karim served Queen Victoria during the
final fourteen years of her reign.
• The Queen insisted on taking Karim with her on
her travels, which caused arguments between
her and her other attendants.
• In 1900, Alfred Ernest Albert and her grandson, Prince
Christian Victor died.
• She had witnessed the deaths of 3 of her 9 children and the
lost of a much-loved grandson.
• Therefore, her body became weak.
• In 1901, Queen Victoria died.
