List of titles and honours of Queen Victoria

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Queen Victoria held numerous titles and honours, both during and before her time as monarch of the British Empire. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicated the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.

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[edit] Royal titles and styles

Royal styles of
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Arms of the United Kingdom.svg
Reference style Her Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Ma'am
  • 24 May 1819 – 20 June 1837: Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Kent[1]
  • 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901: Her Majesty The Queen[1]
  • 1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901: Her Imperial Majesty The Queen-Empress[1]

As the male-line granddaughter of a King of Hanover, Victoria also bore the titles of Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg. In addition, she held the titles of Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony etc. as the wife of Prince Albert.[1]

[edit] British Empire honours

Country Date Appointment Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1820 – 20 June 1837 Member First Class of the Royal Family Order of King George IV
20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign
England England 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
Scotland Scotland 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle
 Ireland 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick
United Kingdom United Kingdom 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
United Kingdom United Kingdom 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British India 1857 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Order of British India
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British India 1858 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British India 1861 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
United Kingdom United Kingdom 10 February 1862 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British India 1878 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
British Raj Red Ensign.svg British India 1878 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India
United Kingdom United Kingdom 6 September 1886 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order
United Kingdom United Kingdom 21 April 1896 – 22 January 1901 Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order

[edit] Honorific eponyms

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Greg Taylor, Nicholas Economou (2006). The Constitution of Victoria. Federation Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN 9781862876125. OCLC 81948853. 
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