Queen Victoria Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Queen Victoria was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24‚ 1819‚ in Kensington Palace‚ London. Victoria’s mother was Victoria Mary Louisa‚ daughter of the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was Edward Augustus‚ duke of Kent and Strathern‚ the fourth son of George III and youngest brother of George IV and William
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Queen Victoria was born on May 24‚ 1819. She was the daughter of Prince Edward‚ Duke of Kent who was the minor son of the reigning King George III‚ and Victoire of Saxe-Coburg‚ who was a German princess. Both her father and grandfather died in 1820‚ the year her uncle became King George IV. When George died without issue in 1830‚ Victoria stood to reign the throne after the daughter of her second royal uncle‚ King William IV‚ died in infancy. William himself died in 1837‚ and the eighteen-year-old
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Elizabeth Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558‚ she was twenty-five years old‚ a survivor of scandal and danger‚ and considered illegitimate by most Europeans. She inherited a bankrupt nation‚ torn by religious discord‚ a weakened pawn between the great powers of France and Spain. She was only the third queen to rule England in her own right. Elizabeth Tudor was born on 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the daughter of
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outing with a new co-worker to a dinner party hosted by Prince Abdullah’s sister in January 1993 changed Rania’s life forever. It was there that the future queen first laid eyes on her prince. When their eyes met across the room‚ it was love at first sight and they were married just five months later. Rania never expected to be queen‚ however. Although Abdullah II was the late King Hussein’s eldest son‚ his father changed the line of succession in favour of Abdullah’s uncle when the boy was
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Queen Gertrude‚ the queen of Denmark‚ is a loyal and compassionate person. She is also very naïve. Gertrude was the wife of King Hamlet and when he passed away she married his brother‚ Claudius‚ two months later. She had one son with King Hamlet and his name was Hamlet. Gertrude is a compassionate mother who cares a lot about her son‚ Hamlet. She shows that‚ by wanting him to stay in Denmark. He was going to go back to college in Wittenberg but she managed to convince him otherwise. Also‚
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Brianna R. Smith Modern China Final Paper 11/05/2013 Cixi the Empress Dowager A major fault the country of China continuously experienced was having poor leaders at critical times. For years the leaders of China thrived from the self-sustaining country‚ but the pretentiousness led to the idea China was the center of the world. This false ideology caused a lag in the full development of the country‚ and China fell far behind the rest of the world in terms of military‚ technology‚ and government
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quest to identify the Queen of Sheba. Having read the rather newly published co-authored book by John Ashton and David Down‚ Unwrapping the Pharaohs‚ who states that the Queen of Sheba would be identified with the Egyptian Queen/Pharaoh‚ Hatshepsut. I have often referred to sources‚ even Christian authors and archeologists that identify the Queen of Sheba as being from the South Arabian capital‚ "Marib in Yemen." With the new archaeological discoveries‚ including the body of Queen Hatshepsut‚ and the
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A Rightful Queen Queen Isabella of Castile Sometimes‚ not every male born in the royal family is suitable to rule. In the mid 1400’s‚ Spain’s current rulers‚ John II and Isabella‚ had three children‚ and only one of them was truly fit to lead their country to greatness. Isabella would soon grow up to lead her country into a prosperous time‚ but only because of her stubbornness and loyalties to her family and her people. Born on the 22nd of April in the year 1451‚ Isabella was the
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The Red Queen‚ Iracebeth of Crims in Alice in Wonderland is a villain who despises people who judge her physical deformity‚ and welcomes people who do not fit in. The Red Queen was made to have an appearance that is red because red represents anger and evil‚ which is the Red Queen’s personality. Once things do not go her way‚ she is quickly angered. Scared to be an outcast‚ Iracebeth wants people to obey her‚ fear her‚ she is scared to be lonely. Clearly‚ the Red Queen‚ while she is a villain‚ she
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BRIEF HISTORY Queen Hatshepsut (the Foremost of Women) was the first great woman in recorded history: the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra‚ Elisabeth I Tudor and Catherine the Great. The eldest daughter of King Tuthmosis and Queen Ahmose‚ she learned much of the art of ruling the country from her father with whom she had a special bond. She outlived her siblings and‚ after the death of her father‚ she became a queen of Egypt and ruled together with her half-brother-husband‚ Tuthmosis II
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