Queen Victoria was born as the only child of Edward, the Duke of Kent and Victoria Saxe-Saalfield-Coburg, sister of Leopold (King of the Belgians). As Victoria’s father died when she was only 8 months old, she was raised under the close supervision by her German-born mother Victoria-Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Duchess of Kent.
She was the Queen of Great Britain from 1837 to 1876 which is the second longest reign in British history. Under her reign, Britain went from a primarily agricultural society to an industrial one. Her children and grandchildren married into the royal families of almost all the monarchies of Europe. She was often called the Grandmother of Europe. A lot of famous places and sites around the world named after this British Queen, such as the state of Queensland in Australia, Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe, the city of Victoria in Canada, and Victoria Square in Athens, Greece.
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