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Encyclopedia > Victoria (name)
Possibly the best known Victoria, the queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901: the Victorian era was named after her.

A large number of places, people and objects have been named Victoria (variation: Viktoria, abbreviations: Vicky, Vicki, Vicci, Vikki, Knoxy, Vici, Vickie, Vicyi, Tor, Tori, Toria). Several of these are named after Queen Victoria. Image File history File links Queenvictoria. ... Image File history File links Queenvictoria. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ...


Onomastics

Victoria is the female form of Victor, but it is also the original Latin word for victory, hence Victoria as the Roman goddess of victory. Victor is a Latin name that means conqueror. It is a masculine given name. ... Look up Victory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Victoria on the reverse of this coin by Constantine II. In Roman mythology, Victoria was the goddess of victory. ...


Victoria can be used as a first name or as a family name. A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ... A family name or surname is the part of a persons name indicating the family to which the person belongs. ...


People

Guadalupe Victoria, born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix in the state of Durango, served as the first President of Mexico from 1824 to 1829. ... Princess Victoria can refer to one of the following: Victoria of Sweden Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom Princess Victoria of Battenberg This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 – August 20, 1611) was a gifted Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. ... Victoria Davey Tori Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. ... Victoria, also known as Vitruvia, was a usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus, according to Historia Augusta, which includes her into the list of the Thirty Tyrants. ... Lisa Marie Varon (born February 10, 1971), is an American professional wrestler better known as Victoria. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 7 April 1974) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, occasional actress turned fashion designer, and businesswoman. ... Victoria Fuller with Julie Lynn Cialini(1998) Victoria Fuller (born as Victoria Alynette Fuller on December 11, 1970 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) is an American model and actress who was Playboy magazines Playmate of the Month in January 1996 . ... Jan Hooks, Dolly Parton, and Jackson in a 1989 SNL sketch. ... Victoria Silvstedt [IPA: vɪktuːriːja sɪlvstÉ›t] (born September 19, 1974 in SkellefteÃ¥, Sweden) is a Swedish fashion model and actress. ... Victoria Wood OBE is a BAFTA award winning English comedian, actor, singer and writer born 19 May 1953 in Prestwich Village, Greater Manchester . ... Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 7 April 1974) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, occasional actress turned fashion designer, and businesswoman. ... The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. ... Soccer redirects here. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ...

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Queen Victoria: Biography and Much More from Answers.com (7209 words)
Victoria, who was almost entirely of German descent (except from her ancestor Sophia of Hanover who was a female-line granddaughter of James I), was the last monarch of the House of Hanover; her son King Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Victoria's personal life was marked by many personal tragedies, including the death of her son, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the fatal illness of her daughter, The Empress Friedrich, Queen Dowager of Prussia, and the death of two of her grandsons, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein.
Victoria herself did not suffer from the disease, however, she passed it on to Princess Alice and Princess Beatrice as carriers, and Prince Leopold was affected with the disease.
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