Born on 24 May, 1819 in Kensington Palace, Alexandrina Victoria was the only daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg. At birth, Victoria was the fifth in line after her father and his three older brothers. Eight months after her birth, her father had died and she was the next in line as her three uncles before her had no legitimate children who survived. In 1830 after her uncle George IV died, she became heiress presumptive next to her surviving uncle, William IV. The Regency Act of 1830 made special provision for the Duchess of Kent to act as her regent just in case William died while Victoria was still a minor. King William in 1836 declared in the Duchess’ presence that he wanted to live until Victoria’s 18th birthday, so that the regency could be avoided. Victoria’s childhood was described as “melancholy”. Her mother, whom was overly protective of her daughter, formed the Kensington System. The system in practice allowed Victoria to never leave the sides of her mother, tutor or her governess. She was isolated from other children and in that, the Duchess of Kent and her attendant, Sir Conroy supervised and noted every action the heiress did as well as who she was and was not allowed to see. During her daily rituals, her lessons often included French, German, Italian and Latin but only English was spoken at home. On 24 May 1837, Victoria turned 18 and the regency was avoided as King William had hoped for. On 20 June 1837, King William IV died at the age of 71; Victoria was then Queen of the United Kingdom. The government at the time was led by the Whig Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne who had deeply influenced the Queen. Melbourne was a childless widower and considered Victoria to be his o... ... middle of paper ... ...of her time, surpassing her grandfather George III by three days. She was also the last monarch of the House of Hanover. Victoria wrote on average 2500 words a day during her adult life. She encompassed 122 volumes of her detailed daily life from July 1832 just until before her death. Beatrice was appointed her literary executor shortly after her mother’s death. Beatrice, having edited the diaries on her own hand burned the originals in the process. To this day, despite the destruction, much of the diaries still exist. Works Cited • Benson, E.F. Queen Victoria. New York: Marboro Books Corp., 1992. • “Victoria”. The Encyclopedia Americana International Edition. Vol 28. 1996. • “Queen Victoria: Biography”. http://spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRvictoria.htm 7/9/11 • “Queen Victoria”. http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom 7/9/11
As child, Margaret was raised primarily by her mother and grandmother; her father had been taken hostage in Dijon, Burgundy when she was only a few years old. With her mother in charge of her education, Margaret was able to study with the same tutors who taught her brothers until the age of fift...
British princess. Born August 21, 1930, at Glamis Castle in Scotland, as the second daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom (who ruled from 1937 to his death in 1952) and sister of Queen Elizabeth II (1952--). In the early 1950s, the romance between Margaret—then third in line to the throne after her sister’s two children, Charles and Anne—and Group Captain Peter Townsend, a highly decorated World War II fighter pilot and recent divorcé, caused quite a scandal both within and outside of the British royal family.
Elizabeth, the last of the Tudors, died at seventy years of age after a very successful forty-four year reign.
Queen Isabella was born in 1451, in the city of Castile, Spain (Leon 75). She was the daughter of King John II and Arevalo (Maltby par 1). Her family was very strong Catholics and she was born and raised a Catholic. Her brother, Alfonso, became King. He banished her mother, younger brother, and her from the kingdom (Leon 75, 77). Isabella had chestnut hair with natural red highlights and her look was demure and soft. She went to school with nuns at Santa Ana Convent. At school, she fancied reading, writing, music, and painting. In her free time, she was tutored at home with her older brother. After her childhood, she learned treachery was everywhere. As a teenager, her family forced her to marry a scoundrel. That day, she prayed to God for deliverance. On the way to their wedding, he choked and died from bronchitis. From that day on, she was ready for what was coming her way.
She was born into a family of a long line of royal decedents. She became Queen at the age of twenty four. She was the first women to be on an US commutative coin. Who is this very accomplished person? Queen Isabella. Bold and daring, Queen Isabella accomplished many things in her thirty years of rein as Queen of Castile and Aragon.
Queen Elizabeth II currently holds the title of the Queen of England, who is described as the queen that brought Britain back to life after WWII. Elizabeth II was born April 21, 1962, as Princess Elizabeth Alexander Mary, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York, later to be known as George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Married Phillip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 and gave birth to four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Queen Elizabeth II lived a worldly life for over 87 years.
Her children greatly shaped her life; she gave birth to eight children and loved them deeply. In, "In Reference to My Children", she writes about neutering her children: “great was my pain when I you bread, great was my care when you I feed" (Bradstreet 55). She recorded her struggles about being a mother in troubling times. In her poem, "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" she records the last moments before giving birth: "and when thy loss shall be with gains, look to my little babes, my dear remains."(Bradstreet 21), she writes this thinking it would be her last thinking that childbirth would kill her, proving that her love for her children is greater than any other love she has, and that she would die for them. Her husband also is a theme in her poems, she writes about her bond with him and that "if ever two were one, then surely we" (Bradstreet 1) in "To My Dear Loving Husband". Bradstreet Is constantly writing about her husband and her love for him when he is far telling the reader that she is close with her husband and that she loves him deeply. Not only does her poems reflect her husband but also the roll that women had in the 1600's. In "A Love Letter to Her Husband" she tells him to "post with double speed, mark what I say, by all our loves contour him not to stray" (Bradstreet 39). One of her most prominent themes would be her devotion to her religion and God. She
Maria Theresa was an absolute monarch in the years 1740-1780. She was a Holy Roman Empress ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people in Austria, Bohemia and Hungary. She was the only woman sovereign in the history of the Habsburg Empire. Maria Theresa of Austria was a strong queen and one of her goals was to help the peasants, but this also meant she had to tax the rich more money. She doubled the troops of her late father, Charles VI, while battling Prussia. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria deserves the title of Most Absolute monarch to add to her name. She was a generous, smart, and respectful. She is very deserving of this title.
King George III (known as the king who lost America), was born in 1738. King George III's
Mary Tudor or Queen Mary I of England was infamously known as Bloody Mary. While many believe Bloody Mary was an evil monster, others believe she was a great queen because of her many accomplishments. Mary was actually a good devoted Catholic others still to this day believe she was an evil woman, but with these interesting facts it will be determined that Mary was a good queen.
Queen Elizabeth I was said to be one of the best rulers of England. Unlike rulers before her, she was a Protestant and not a Catholic. She was not stupid though. She did go to church and did everything that Catholics did to prevent getting her head cut off under the rules of her sister Mary. Elizabeth was very young when she came to rule. She was only 17 years old when her sister Mary died and she took over.
Spilka, Mark. "Victorian Childhoods." Michigan Quarterly Review 39.2 (2000): 411-21. ProQuest. Web. 7 May 2014.
Who was King George III? King George III was England’s longest-ruling monarch before Queen Victoria. He took his place in the throne in 1760 until his death in January 29, 1820. During his 59 year reign on the throne he came out with the victory in the Seven Years’ War, led England’s resistance to Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Martha Washington lived a life full of love and sacrifice. She was born as a simple little girl Martha Dandridge to her plantation home in New Kent; she was married at 18 to become Martha Dandridge Custis. Still yet she was widowed at the age of twenty-six with two children and a land of over 17,000 acres to run on her own. Then she met a gentleman by the name of George Washington and Martha became the figure we know today as Martha Dandridge Custis Washington or Martha Washington.
Many people see Queen Elizabeth II as just a queen but what most people don’t know is that she has countless qualities besides just being royalty. She was born as Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926 in London. She has pretty much lived her whole life as a royal as she started her reign at the young age of 16 years old. Queen Elizabeth II has earned many titles and recognitions though out her reign. During her control, many have said that she has tried to make the British monarchy more modern and sensitive to the public.