In 1850, a naval captain named Frederick E. Forbes landed on the shores of England with a present for Queen Victoria: a 7-year-old girl from Africa.

Queen Victoria may not have been much of a Victorian after all. Certainly not as she is played by Jenna Coleman in the sumptuous series “Victoria,” beginning on “Masterpiece&#x… ...

A race from Germany to England marks a dramatic beginning to Queen Victoria’s life. Her birth at Kensington Palace secures her claim to the throne, but a strict upbringing is designed by her ...

Queen Victoria of England is a titan of history, and anyone following in her footsteps had terrifying shoes to fill. Enter: Her daughter, Princess Victoria, who went to agonizing lengths to make her ...

Genealogy note: Queen Victoria was survived by six children, 40 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren, including four future sovereigns of England: Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI.

It was equally inevitable that her Victoria of England should be compared with Mr. Stracbey’s Queen Victoria—not from the community of subject alone, but because both employ the same method.

Queen Victoria of England, 1842. Musee National du Chateau, Versailles, France. Imagno/Getty Images 3. She spent almost seven years pregnant Queen Victoria had nine children with her husband ...

Several of the Queen Victoria’s shortcomings are not open to debate. Standard outside staterooms (that’s what mine was) are a good size for a cruise ship, about 180 to 200 square feet.

In Goodwin’s account, Alexandrina Victoria, who became queen of England at 18 after her uncle’s death, squabbles with her overbearing mother, nurtures a crush on her first prime minister (the ...