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Victoria I., Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, born at Kensington Palace, London, May 21, 1819, the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III., and of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, widow of Prince Enrich of Leiningen. Ascended the throne at the death of her uncle, King William IV., June 20, 1837; crowned at Westminster Abbey, June 28, 1838. Married, Feb. 10, 1810, to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; widow, Dec. 14, 1861.
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Keltie, J.S. (1883). Great Britain and Ireland. In: Scott-Keltie, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253124_6
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