Victoria the Queen

 

While I know quite a bit about certain time periods in history, I really didn't know much about Queen Victoria, other than the fact that her husband died fairly young and she seemed to live in mourning for the rest of her life. 

Victoria became queen when her father and uncles all died, leaving her next in line. She was just 18 years old. She had a strong personality, though, and soon proved she was up for the difficult task. She married her cousin Albert and they went on to have 9 children. Albert died twenty years after they married in 1861, and Victoria went on to live until 1901. She seemed to underestimate herself, thinking she wasn't as capable or ruling as Albert had been, but she seemed to have done a good job. It was a really interesting account of her life and reign.