Queen Victoria is the history icon chosen by the Erasmus Creativity Club students at Small Heath School and Sixth From Centre in Birmingham (UK), who presented their national heroine at the ECLIPSE TPM in Vallbona d'Anoia (Spain)

1. QUEEN
VICTORIA

2. FULL NAME
Alexandrina Victoria
DATE OF BIRTH
May 24th, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH

3. EARLY LIFE
• She was taught how to play the piano and how to paint (a hobby that she enjoyed into her 60s).
• Victoria's first language was German. At three years old she learnt to speak English and French. Later
she learnt to speak Hindustani because she was ruler of India as well.
• Victoria didn't go to school. She was taught at home.
• Upon Victoria’s father death, she became the heir apparent, since her three surviving uncles, who were
ahead of her in succession, had no legitimate heirs who had survived childhood.
• At the time Victoria was eight months old and her mother became a domineering influence in her life.
• Victoria had a gift for drawing and painting and developed a passion for journal writing.

4. WHY IS VICTORIAA WELL-KNOWN QUEEN?
• The Victorian cross was named after Queen Victoria and was introduced in 1856 for the acts of bravery
during the Crimean war.
• The first adhesive postage stamp, The Penny Black was released in Britain on 1st May 1840. The stamp
was designed by William Mulready and shows Queen Victoria in profile.
• In the UK, hundreds of streets and squares are named after Queen Victoria, and there are many statues of
her. London’s Victoria station is named after her, as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Queen Victoria’s reign is also known as the Victorian Era or the Victorian Period.
• Victoria was empress of India (1876-1901).
• Her reign was the longest of any ruler in British history.
• When King William IV died in June 1837, Victoria became queen at the very young age of 18.

5. WHAT DID VICTORIA DO TO BECOME
FAMOUS?
• Whilst Victoria was the Queen, there was a huge change in the lives of British people as:
― Britain became the most powerful country in the world, with the largest empire that had
ever existed, ruling a quarter of the world's population.
― The population increased in Britain , the demand for food, clothes and housing increased
due to the huge population.
― Factories and machines were built to meet this demand and new towns grew up, changing
the landscape and the ways people lived and worked.
― Railways, originally built to transport goods, meant people could travel easily around the
country for the first time
• Victoria used her title and personality to help the public as she saw fit. The effects of her
behind-the-scenes campaigning were observable in foreign policy.

6. WHAT IS HER FAMILY HISTORY?
• Queen Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward and Princess Victoria.
• Victoria was the only child of her parents.
•In 1840, when she was 21 she married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-
Coburg and Gotha, she was married to him until his death in 1861.
• They had nine children, 40 grand-children, and 37 great-grandchildren,
scattered all over Europe.
• Most of Queen Victoria's children married into other European Royal
Families.
• Queen Elizabeth the 2nd (our current queen) is Victoria's great-great
grandchild.
Queen Victoria

7. QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHILDREN
• Queen Victoria had 9 children. They were:
1. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, born 21 November 1840
2. Edward Albert, born 9th November 1841
3. Alice Maud Mary, born 25th April 1843
4. Alfred Ernest Albert born 6th August 1844
5. Helena Augusta Victoria born 25th May 1846
6. Louise Caroline Alberta born 18th March 1848
7. Arthur William Patrick Albert born 1st May 1850
8. Leopold George Duncan Albert born 7th April 1853
9. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore born 14th April 1857

8. QUOTES FROM HER MAJESTY
QUEEN VICTORIA
• “We will not have failure - only success
and new learning.”
• “The important thing is not what they
think of me, but what I think of them.”
• “We are not interested in the
possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.”

9. INTERESTING FACTS
• Her reign was the longest of any monarch in British
history and came to be known as the Victorian era.
• Queen Victoria loved singing and enjoyed painting and
drawing, also she loved going to the opera.
• Victoria's father took her to an Army parade when she
was 3 months old.
• When she died, the Queen had 37 great-grandchildren.
• The Queen sent tins of chocolate to soldiers in the Boer
War.
• Victoria Falls in Africa is named after Queen Victoria.

10. QUIZ

11. Q1) What is her full name?
d) Alexis Victoria
c) Alexander Victoria
b) Alexandrina Victoria
a) Alexandra Victoria

12. Q2) How many children did
she have?
a) 6
b) 16
c) 9
d) 10

13. Q3) How old was she when
she became queen?
a) 18
b) 17
c) 21
d) 16

14. Q4) What was her
husband’s name?
a) Prince Alberta
b) Prince Alool
c) Prince Abdul
d) Prince Albert

15. Q5) Which one of these is
her daughter?
a) Lucy
b) Bushra
c) Louise
d) Toméan