Queen Victoria

Princess Victoria was born in 1819. When she was 18 her uncle, King William, died and she became queen. Queen Victoria ruled from 1837 to 1901. She was queen to Canada and parts of Africa too. In 1887 and 1897 there were huge Jubilee celebrations to mark her fiftieth and sixtieth years of queen. Queen Victoria had married a man named Albert. They had 9 children. Albert died in 1861, just 40 years of age. The queen was heartbroken and spent most of her time in Scotland, where they spent many years together. She died in 1901 when she was 82 years old.