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1、Lesson1WhatdoweknowalreadyabouttheVictorianperiod?WhoweretheVictoriansandwhendidtheylive?ObjectivesToreviewwhatweknowalreadyabouttheVictorianperiod.TobeabletoidentifyQueenVictoriaandplacetheVictorianperiodinrelationtootherperiodsofhistory.TofindoutaboutQueenVictoriaandherfamily.VictoriansCo
2、nceptmapWhowasQueen Victoria?QueenVictoriawasbornon24thMay,1819atKensingtonPalace,London.ShewaschristenedAlexandrineVictoria.However,frombirthshewasformallyaddressedasHerRoyalHighnessPrincessVictoriaofKent.VictoriawastheonlychildofPrinceEdward,DukeofKent(thefourthsonofKingGeorgelll),andPrin
3、cessVictoriaMaryLouisaofSaxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.HowshebecameQueen.Herfatherdiedsoonaftershewasborn.Victoriawasonly18whenshecametothethrone,followingthedeathofheruncle,WilliamIV,in1837,whohadnolegitimatechildren(childrenborntomarriedparents).ShewascrownedinJune1838.HerreignwasthelongestinBritis
4、hhistory.ShebecameQueenon20thJune1837andreignedforexactlysixty-threeyears,sevenmonths,andtwodays(June20,1837-January22,1901).Whodidshemarryanddidshehaveanychildren?ShemarriedherGermancousin,PrinceAlberton10thFebruary1840andthismarriage,whichendedwithhisdeathin1861,attheageof42,washappyandpr
5、oducedninechildren.QueenVictoria’sandPrinceAlbert’schildrenManyoftheirchildrenandgrandchildrenmarriedheirstothronesofSpain,Russia,Sweden,Norway,andRomania.Becausethis,Victoriabecameknownasthe"GrandmotherofEurope.“Victoria,PrincessRoyal(November21,1840-August5,1901)AlbertEdward,PrinceofWales
6、(later,EdwardVII)(November9,1841-May6,1910),Alice(April25,1843-December14,1878)Alfred(August6,1844-July31,1900)Helena(May25,1846-June9,1923)Louise(March18,1848-December3,1939)Arthur(May1,1850-January16,1942)Leopold(April7,1853-March28,1884)Beatrice(April14,1857-October26,1944)TheHouseofHano
7、verThenameSaxe-Coburg-GothacametotheBritishRoyalFamilyin1840withthemarriageofQueenVictoriatoPrinceAlbert,sonofErnst,DukeofSaxe-Coburg&Gotha.QueenVictoriaherselfremainedamemberoftheHouseofHanover.WhowastheMonarchafterQueenVictoria?QueenVictoriawassucceede
