Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

DID YOU KNOW THAT . . . Queen Victoria, the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, was the longest-reigning British monarch in history (63 years, seven months, three days) and the last monarch of the House of Hanover? Victoria was crowned queen at just 18 in 1837. Although British sovereigns no longer wielded significant political power by the time she ascended the thrown, she managed to influence government policy and helped shape the culture of the era that would bear her name. All of Victoria’s nine children and many of her grandchildren married into other powerful royal or noble families, earning her the nickname "The Grandmother of Europe."

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