Queen Victoria Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Queen Victoria was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24‚ 1819‚ in Kensington Palace‚ London. Victoria’s mother was Victoria Mary Louisa‚ daughter of the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was Edward Augustus‚ duke of Kent and Strathern‚ the fourth son of George III and youngest brother of George IV and William
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Queen Victoria was born on May 24‚ 1819. She was the daughter of Prince Edward‚ Duke of Kent who was the minor son of the reigning King George III‚ and Victoire of Saxe-Coburg‚ who was a German princess. Both her father and grandfather died in 1820‚ the year her uncle became King George IV. When George died without issue in 1830‚ Victoria stood to reign the throne after the daughter of her second royal uncle‚ King William IV‚ died in infancy. William himself died in 1837‚ and the eighteen-year-old
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Homecoming (disambiguation). "Homecoming Queen" redirects here. For the thoroughbred racehorse‚ see Homecoming Queen (horse). Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities‚ colleges and high schools in the USA. It usually includes activities for students and alumni‚ such as sports and culture events and a parade through the streets
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outing with a new co-worker to a dinner party hosted by Prince Abdullah’s sister in January 1993 changed Rania’s life forever. It was there that the future queen first laid eyes on her prince. When their eyes met across the room‚ it was love at first sight and they were married just five months later. Rania never expected to be queen‚ however. Although Abdullah II was the late King Hussein’s eldest son‚ his father changed the line of succession in favour of Abdullah’s uncle when the boy was
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Queen Gertrude‚ the queen of Denmark‚ is a loyal and compassionate person. She is also very naïve. Gertrude was the wife of King Hamlet and when he passed away she married his brother‚ Claudius‚ two months later. She had one son with King Hamlet and his name was Hamlet. Gertrude is a compassionate mother who cares a lot about her son‚ Hamlet. She shows that‚ by wanting him to stay in Denmark. He was going to go back to college in Wittenberg but she managed to convince him otherwise. Also‚
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quest to identify the Queen of Sheba. Having read the rather newly published co-authored book by John Ashton and David Down‚ Unwrapping the Pharaohs‚ who states that the Queen of Sheba would be identified with the Egyptian Queen/Pharaoh‚ Hatshepsut. I have often referred to sources‚ even Christian authors and archeologists that identify the Queen of Sheba as being from the South Arabian capital‚ "Marib in Yemen." With the new archaeological discoveries‚ including the body of Queen Hatshepsut‚ and the
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The Legacy‚ and Influence of Queen Lili’uokalani By: Frank Coelho 4/7/13 Queen Lili’uokalani was an amazing woman who made many important decisions and made many sacrifices that have changed the world ever since. The hawaiian warrior like culture is very centered around males and their power and forceful ability to conquer and maintain the beautiful land of Hawaii. Queen Lili’uokalani was the sister of the last king of the hawaiian kingdom. When the queen was just 4 years old she attended
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The Red Queen‚ Iracebeth of Crims in Alice in Wonderland is a villain who despises people who judge her physical deformity‚ and welcomes people who do not fit in. The Red Queen was made to have an appearance that is red because red represents anger and evil‚ which is the Red Queen’s personality. Once things do not go her way‚ she is quickly angered. Scared to be an outcast‚ Iracebeth wants people to obey her‚ fear her‚ she is scared to be lonely. Clearly‚ the Red Queen‚ while she is a villain‚ she
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BRIEF HISTORY Queen Hatshepsut (the Foremost of Women) was the first great woman in recorded history: the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra‚ Elisabeth I Tudor and Catherine the Great. The eldest daughter of King Tuthmosis and Queen Ahmose‚ she learned much of the art of ruling the country from her father with whom she had a special bond. She outlived her siblings and‚ after the death of her father‚ she became a queen of Egypt and ruled together with her half-brother-husband‚ Tuthmosis II
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In Macbeth‚ the Jacobean Scot‚ and the Politics of the Union‚ Sharon Alker and Holly Faith Nelson demonstrate a well-informed opinion of the relation between the idea of the Jacobian Scot and it’s arguable relation‚ or lack thereof‚ to William Shakespeare’s Elizabethan play‚ Macbeth. Though many scholars find it easy to draw a connection between the traditional Jacobian Scot that was typically presented in Elizabethan plays during the Jacobian era‚ Alker and Nelson seek to highlight the ambiguous
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