The Successful Life Of Queen Victoria

Have you ever played dress up and pretended to be a queen? It is not as easy as the media or TV make it seem like it is. It takes hard work, dedication, and perseverance to become a good queen like Queen Victoria was. Take it from Queen Victoria for example, Victoria lead a life full of purpose. If it was not for her, there would have been no Victorian Era that was full of truce, wealth, success, and self assurance. (Victorian Era)
Queen Victoria’s life is an interesting one indeed because, she was the queen and why we have the Victorian Era that stands today. Alexandrina Victoria, an only child of George III’s fourth son, Prince Edward, was born May 24, 1819 (Queen Victoria Biography + The Era of Queen Victoria). Queen Victoria’s father passed
away when she was only 8 months old (Queen Victoria Biography). She became a queen young, at the age of 18, because of the absence of her father at her young age (Queen Victoria Biography). Victoria only grew to be 4’11’’ in height but yet people still knew that she was the big cheese of the kingdom (Mattox). She married her cousin, Prince Albert, the year of 1840 (Queen Victoria Biography).
Bibliography.com editors say, “At times their marriage was tempestuous, a clash of wills between two strong personalities. However, the couple were intensely devoted to each other and shared a strong enough affection to have nine children.” Prince/king Albert became Queen Victoria’s friend and strongest ally, let alone her husband and cousin (Queen Victoria Biography). At times they had fights and quarrels, like a clash of different personalities (Queen Victoria Biography). Queen Victoria inspired fashion in her time. Upon the day January 22, 1901 her health dropped and during that day she passed away at the age of 81 (Queen Victoria Biography). Queen Victoria lived in multiple homes and a couple of castles in her life (Her Homes). A fun fact is that during her life she managed to survive ‘seven assassination attempts’ (Barrow). Queen Victoria was a well managed and organized queen throughout all of her years of ruling. When Victoria was in charge Britain became number one, the most powerful country, in the world, or so British liked to think (Barrow). Victoria ruled almost 25% of the world’s population and Britain maintained an advantage in science (Queen Victoria Biography + Barrow). The population almost doubled in 1901 (Victorian Era). The Victorian Era was the time when trains started to make place and a huge advance in science and technology began. Queen Victoria new how to run a kingdom in an organized and clean way. Queen Victoria had a whole era named after her and her capabilities as a queen.
She ruled a period full of unity, wealth, and reassurance for her people over a long period (Victorian Era). She reigned the longest period for the United Kingdom (Victorian Era). Queen Victoria secured the current role of a constitutional monarchy (What Did Queen Victoria do That was Important). During her time and there was and advance in science. Wikipedia, Victorian Era states, “Within the fields of social history and literature, Victorianism refers to the study of late-Victorian attitudes and culture, with a focus on the highly moralistic, straitlaced language and behaviour of Victorian morality.” Thanks to Victoria’s capability our society is how it is today and also another thanks to Queen Victoria is that there is the Victorian Era that we study and learn about
today. Jewelry and fashion was important back in the Victorian Era.
The AGU says, “Jewelry was important in the life of the queen. As a girl, gifts of jewelry and accessories were abundant. These items were of the fashion of the time and not particularly notable, but held great sentimental value.” She enjoyed the beauty of jewelry and where a lot of it (Mattox). “The woman in the Victorian Era, including Queen Victoria herself, dressed to please the man in their life,” quote Mattox. Albert’s, Queen Victoria’s husband’s, view of fashion was seen in Victoria’s clothing (Mattox). Victoria enjoyed wearing lace, and wearing shawls, a piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders (Mattox). Victoria was a short queen, 4’11’’ in height which is one of the explanations of why she wear riding habit type of clothes (Mattox). Mattox writes, “Her lack of height and a tendency toward plumpness made her look best in simple well-tailored clothes such as riding habits. Victoria set the style for wearing a scarlet & gold tunic, navy riding skirt, and small plumed hat for reviewing the troops that is still worn to today by her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth.” Queen Victoria helped inspire the type of fashion that is present
today. Queen Victoria lead one of the most supreme times for Great Britain and Queen Victoria’s life was a strong, and powerful life, just like she was queen and mother. Victoria helped shape our economy and what we know today and she also helped to lead the fashion in the Victorian Era. She lead our fashion to what we know of today. Queen Victoria inspired fashion back then and still inspires some types of fashion now. Queen Victoria put a big input and output on the world, changed the fashion world, inspired modern society, plus a lot more! Could you ever imagine a life without Queen Victoria never becoming queen? What would we do without the Victorian Era that greatly influenced our lives today in more ways than one? Do you still think that being a queen is all that easy?