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AI IMAGE - Portrait of Queen Victoria, 1840s, (2023). Victoria (1819-1901) came to the throne aged just 18. She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India. Her reign of 63 years, known as the Victorian era, was longer than any of her predecessors. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.