文档介绍：Lesson 1 What do we know already about the Victorian period? Who were the Victorians and when did they live?
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Objectives
To review what we know already about the Victorian period.
To be able to identify Queen Victoria and place the Victorian period in relation to other periods of history.
To find out about Queen Victoria and her family.
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Victorians
Concept map
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Who was Queen Victoria?
Queen Victoria was born on
24th May,1819 at Kensington
Palace, London. She
was christened Alexandrine Victoria.
However, from birth she was formally
addressed as Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Kent.
Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (the fourth son of King e lll ), and Princess Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
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How she became Queen.
Her father died soon after she was born. Victoria was only 18 when she came to the throne, following the death of her uncle, William IV, in 1837, who had no legitimate children (children born to married parents). She was crowned in June 1838.
Her reign was the longest in British history. She became Queen on 20th June 1837 and reigned for exactly sixty-three years, seven months, and two days (June 20, 1837 - January 22, 1901).
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Who did she marry and did she have any children?
She married her German cousin, Prince Albert on 10th February 1840 and this marriage, which ended with his death in 1861, at the age of 42, was happy and produced nine children.
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Queen Victoria’s and Prince Albert’s children
Many of their children and grand children married heirs to thrones of Spain, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Romania. Because this, Victoria became known as the "Grandmother of Europe.“
Victoria, Princess Royal (November 21, 1840 - August 5, 1901)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later, Edward VII) (November 9, 1841 - May 6, 1910),
Alice (April 25, 1843 - December 14, 1878)
Alfred (August 6, 1844 - July 31, 1900)
Helena (May 25, 1846 - June 9, 1923)
Louise (March 18, 1848 - December 3,