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Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (ăl"igzăndrē'nu) [key], 18191901, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the daughter of Edward, duke of Kent (fourth son of George III), and Princess Mary Louise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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