How did Queen Victoria die?

They had nine children, including Victoria, later the empress of Germany, and the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. In 1861, Albert died, and Victoria's grief was such that she did not appear in public for three years. read more

Biographies of Victoria written before much of the primary material became available, such as Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria of 1921, are now considered out of date. The biographies written by Elizabeth Longford and Cecil Woodham-Smith, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, are still widely admired. read more

It had become obvious to Dr. Reid that Queen Victoria was dying. He summoned her children and grandchildren. At 6: 30 p.m. on January 22, 1901, Queen Victoria died, surrounded by her family, at the Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. read more

The death of Queen Victoria on January 22, 1901, ends an era in which most of her British subjects know no other monarch. Her 63-year reign, the longest in British history, saw the growth of an empire on which the sun never set. read more