Queen+Victoria



The image to the left is Queen Victoria, painted in 1847 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Queen Victoria (1837-1901) was the longest reigning British monarch.

Click [|here] for an interactive biography on Queen Victoria's life.

See selected portraits of Queen Victoria from the National Portrait Gallery, London.

See this site for a [|collection of primary sources] including speeches, journal entries and photographs collected throughout her lifetime and reign.

For background, see Queen Victoria's Empire from PBS.


 * See World History II.2 for more on England
 * See also, AP World History Key Concept 5.2 for more on nation state formation in the early 19th century as well as more material on Queen Victoria.