Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria: Difference between revisions
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===Immediate family=== |
===Immediate family=== |
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* The [[Edward VII|King]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen of the United Kingdom]], the late Queen's son and daughter-in-law |
* The [[Edward VII|King]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen of the United Kingdom]], ''the late Queen's son and daughter-in-law'' |
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** The [[Mary of Teck|Duchess of Cornwall and York]], the late Queen's granddaughter-in-law |
** The [[Mary of Teck|Duchess of Cornwall and York]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter-in-law'' |
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** The [[Louise, Princess Royal|Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife]] and the [[Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife|Duke of Fife]], the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law |
** The [[Louise, Princess Royal|Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife]] and the [[Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife|Duke of Fife]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law'' |
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** The [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom|Princess Victoria]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** The [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom|Princess Victoria]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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** {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Maud of Wales|Princess]] and [[Haakon VII|Prince Charles of Denmark]], the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law |
** {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Maud of Wales|Princess]] and [[Haakon VII|Prince Charles of Denmark]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law'' |
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* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} The [[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia|Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (Duchess of Edinburgh), the late Queen's daughter-in-law |
* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} The [[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia|Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (Duchess of Edinburgh), ''the late Queen's daughter-in-law'' |
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** {{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} The [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Crown Prince of Romania]], the late Queen's grandson-in-law (representing the [[Carol I of Romania|King of the Romanians]]) |
** {{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} The [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Crown Prince of Romania]], ''the late Queen's grandson-in-law'' (representing the [[Carol I of Romania|King of the Romanians]]) |
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** The [[Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]], the late Queen's grandson-in-law and half-great-nephew |
** The [[Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]], ''the late Queen's grandson-in-law and half-great-nephew'' |
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** {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} [[Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} [[Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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* The [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke]] and [[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia|Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn]], the late Queen's son and daughter-in-law |
* The [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke]] and [[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia|Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn]], ''the late Queen's son and daughter-in-law'' |
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** [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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** [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]], the late Queen's grandson |
** [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]], ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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** [[Princess Patricia of Connaught]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** [[Princess Patricia of Connaught]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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* The [[Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Duchess of Albany]], the late Queen's daughter-in-law |
* The [[Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Duchess of Albany]], ''the late Queen's daughter-in-law'' |
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** [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone|Princess Alice of Albany]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone|Princess Alice of Albany]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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** {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} The [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (Duke of Albany), the late Queen's grandson |
** {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} The [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (Duke of Albany), ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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* The [[Victoria, Princess Royal|Empress Frederick]]'s family: |
* The [[Victoria, Princess Royal|Empress Frederick]]'s family: |
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** {{flagicon|German Empire}} The [[Wilhelm II|German Emperor]], the late Queen's grandson |
** {{flagicon|German Empire}} The [[Wilhelm II|German Emperor]], ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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*** {{flagicon|German Empire}} The [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|German Crown Prince]], the late Queen's great-grandson |
*** {{flagicon|German Empire}} The [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|German Crown Prince]], ''the late Queen's great-grandson'' |
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** {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} The [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen]], the late Queen's grandson-in-law (representing the [[George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]]) |
** {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} The [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen]], ''the late Queen's grandson-in-law'' (representing the [[George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]]) |
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*** Prince Heinrich XXX of Reuss-Köstritz, the late Queen's great-grandson-in-law (representing the [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Prince Reuss Younger Line]]) |
*** Prince Heinrich XXX of Reuss-Köstritz, ''the late Queen's great-grandson-in-law'' (representing the [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line|Prince Reuss Younger Line]]) |
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** {{flagicon|Prussia}} [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]], the late Queen's grandson |
** {{flagicon|Prussia}} [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]], ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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** {{flagicon|Schaumburg-Lippe}} [[Princess Viktoria of Prussia|Princess]] and [[Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe]], the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law (representing the [[George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]) |
** {{flagicon|Schaumburg-Lippe}} [[Princess Viktoria of Prussia|Princess]] and [[Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law'' (representing the [[George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]) |
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** {{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state}} The [[Constantine I of Greece|Duke of Sparta]], the late Queen's grandson-in-law |
** {{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state}} The [[Constantine I of Greece|Duke of Sparta]], ''the late Queen's grandson-in-law'' |
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** [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]], the late Queen's grandson-in-law |
** [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]], ''the late Queen's grandson-in-law'' |
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* [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom|Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine]]'s family: |
* [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom|Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine]]'s family: |
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** [[Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine|Princess]] and [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]], the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law |
** [[Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine|Princess]] and [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law'' |
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** {{flagicon|Grand Duchy of Hesse}} The [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine]], the late Queen's grandson |
** {{flagicon|Grand Duchy of Hesse}} The [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine]], ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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* [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom|Princess]] and [[Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein]], the late Queen's daughter and son-in-law |
* [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom|Princess]] and [[Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein]], ''the late Queen's daughter and son-in-law'' |
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** [[Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein|Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein]], the late Queen's grandson |
** [[Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein|Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein]], ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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** [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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** [[Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein]], the late Queen's granddaughter |
** [[Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein]], ''the late Queen's granddaughter'' |
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* The [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]] and the [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|Duke of Argyll]], the late Queen's daughter and son-in-law |
* The [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]] and the [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|Duke of Argyll]], ''the late Queen's daughter and son-in-law'' |
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* [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|Princess Henry of Battenberg]], the late Queen's daughter |
* [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|Princess Henry of Battenberg]], ''the late Queen's daughter'' |
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** [[Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke|Prince Alexander of Battenberg]], the late Queen's grandson |
** [[Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke|Prince Alexander of Battenberg]], ''the late Queen's grandson'' |
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* Other descendants of the late Queen's paternal grandfather, [[King George III]] and their families: |
* Other descendants of the late Queen's paternal grandfather, [[King George III]] and their families: |
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** The [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]], the late Queen's first cousin |
** The [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]], ''the late Queen's first cousin'' |
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** The [[Princess Augusta of Cambridge|Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]'s family: |
** The [[Princess Augusta of Cambridge|Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]'s family: |
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*** {{flagicon|Mecklenburg-Strelitz}} [[Adolphus Frederick VI|Duke Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], the late Queen's first cousin twice removed (representing the [[Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]) |
*** {{flagicon|Mecklenburg-Strelitz}} [[Adolphus Frederick VI|Duke Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], ''the late Queen's first cousin twice removed'' (representing the [[Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]) |
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** [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge|Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck]]'s family: |
** [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge|Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck]]'s family: |
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*** The [[Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge|Duke of Teck]], the late Queen's first cousin once removed |
*** The [[Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge|Duke of Teck]], ''the late Queen's first cousin once removed'' |
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*** [[Prince Francis of Teck]], the late Queen's first cousin once removed |
*** [[Prince Francis of Teck]], ''the late Queen's first cousin once removed'' |
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*** [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone|Prince Alexander of Teck]], the late Queen's first cousin once removed |
*** [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone|Prince Alexander of Teck]], ''the late Queen's first cousin once removed'' |
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** [[Baron Alphons von Pawel-Rammingen]], husband of the late Queen's [[Princess Frederica of Hanover|first cousin once removed]] |
** [[Baron Alphons von Pawel-Rammingen]], ''husband of the late Queen's [[Princess Frederica of Hanover|first cousin once removed]]'' |
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** [[Aubrey FitzClarence, 4th Earl of Munster|The Hon. Aubrey FitzClarence]], the late Queen's double first cousin twice removed |
** [[Aubrey FitzClarence, 4th Earl of Munster|The Hon. Aubrey FitzClarence]], ''the late Queen's double first cousin twice removed'' |
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===Extended family=== |
===Extended family=== |
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* The [[Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]], the late Queen's half-nephew |
* The [[Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg|Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]], ''the late Queen's half-nephew'' |
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* [[Lord Edward Gleichen|Count Edward Gleichen]], the late Queen's half-great-nephew |
* [[Lord Edward Gleichen|Count Edward Gleichen]], ''the late Queen's half-great-nephew'' |
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* The [[Ernst Günther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein|Duke of Schleswig-Holstein]], the late Queen's half-great-nephew |
* The [[Ernst Günther II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein|Duke of Schleswig-Holstein]], ''the late Queen's half-great-nephew'' |
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* {{flagicon|Belgium}} The [[Leopold II of Belgium|King of the Belgians]], the late Queen's first cousin |
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} The [[Leopold II of Belgium|King of the Belgians]], ''the late Queen's first cousin'' |
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* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} [[Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], the late Queen's first cousin once removed |
* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} [[Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], ''the late Queen's first cousin once removed'' |
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** {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} [[Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], the late Queen's double first cousin twice removed |
** {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha}} [[Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], ''the late Queen's double first cousin twice removed'' |
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* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} The [[Carlos I of Portugal|King of Portugal]], the late Queen's first cousin twice removed |
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} The [[Carlos I of Portugal|King of Portugal]], ''the late Queen's first cousin twice removed'' |
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* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Saxony}} The [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony|Duke of Saxony]], ''the late Queen's first cousin twice removed'' (representing the [[Albert, King of Saxony|King of Saxony]]) |
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* {{flagicon|Württemberg}} [[Duke Robert of Württemberg]], ''the late Queen's first cousin twice removed'' (representing the [[William II of Württemberg|King of Württemberg]]) |
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===Other foreign royalty=== |
===Other foreign royalty=== |
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* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} The [[Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869–1931)|Duke of Aosta]] (representing the [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|King of Italy]]) |
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} The [[Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869–1931)|Duke of Aosta]] (representing the [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|King of Italy]]) |
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* {{flagicon|Thailand|1893}} The [[Vajiravudh|Crown Prince of Siam]] (representing the [[Chulalongkorn|King of Siam]]) |
* {{flagicon|Thailand|1893}} The [[Vajiravudh|Crown Prince of Siam]] (representing the [[Chulalongkorn|King of Siam]]) |
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* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Saxony}} The [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony|Duke of Saxony]] (representing the [[Albert, King of Saxony|King of Saxony]]) |
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* {{flagicon|Baden}} The [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden]] (representing the [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden|Grand Duke of Baden]]) |
* {{flagicon|Baden}} The [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden]] (representing the [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden|Grand Duke of Baden]]) |
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* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Bavaria}} [[Prince Arnulf of Bavaria]] (representing the [[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria|Prince Regent of Bavaria]]) |
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Bavaria}} [[Prince Arnulf of Bavaria]] (representing the [[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria|Prince Regent of Bavaria]]) |
Revision as of 03:48, 17 June 2024
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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, at the age of 81. At the time of her death, she was the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Her state funeral took place on 2 February 1901, being one of the largest gatherings of European royalty.
Description
On 25 January, her body was lifted into the coffin by her sons Edward VII and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and her grandson the German Emperor Wilhelm II.[6] She was dressed in a white dress and her wedding veil.[7] An array of mementos commemorating her extended family, friends and servants were laid in the coffin with her, at her request, by her doctor and dressers. A dressing gown that had belonged to her husband Albert, who had died 40 years earlier, was placed by her side, along with a plaster cast of his hand, while a lock of John Brown's hair, along with a picture of him, was placed in her left hand concealed from the view of the family by a carefully positioned bunch of flowers.[8][9] Items of jewellery placed on Victoria included the wedding ring of John Brown's mother, given to her by Brown in 1883.[8]
State funeral
The state funeral of Queen Victoria took place on Saturday, 2 February 1901, in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; it had been 64 years since the last burial of a monarch.
In 1897, Victoria had written instructions for her funeral, which was to be military as befitting a soldier's daughter and the head of the army,[10] and feature white dress instead of black.[11] Victoria left strict instructions regarding the service and associated ceremonies and instituted a number of changes, several of which set a precedent for state (and indeed ceremonial) funerals that have taken place since. First, she disliked the preponderance of funereal black; henceforward, there would be no black cloaks, drapes or canopy, and Victoria requested a white pall for her coffin. Second, she expressed a desire to be buried as "a soldier's daughter".[12] The procession, therefore, became much more a military procession, with the peers, privy counsellors and judiciary no longer taking part en masse. Her pallbearers were equerries rather than dukes (as had previously been customary), and for the first time, a gun carriage was employed to convey the monarch's coffin. Third, Victoria requested that there should be no public lying in state. This meant that the only event in London on this occasion was a gun carriage procession from one railway station to another: Victoria having died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, her body was conveyed by boat and train to Victoria Station, then by gun carriage to Paddington Station and then by train to Windsor for the funeral service itself.
The rare sight of a state funeral cortège travelling by ship provided a striking spectacle: Victoria's body was carried on board HMY Alberta from Cowes to Gosport, with a suite of yachts following conveying the new king, Edward VII, and other mourners. Minute guns were fired by the assembled fleet as the yacht passed by. Victoria's body remained on board ship overnight before being conveyed by gun carriage to Gosport railway station the following day for the train journey to London. Victoria broke convention by having a white draped coffin.
At Windsor, when the royal coffin was loaded atop the gun carriage for the procession and the artillery horses took the weight, granddaughter of Queen Victoria Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone said the day was very cold and "nothing in the world would make them start". An attendant Royal Guard from HMS Excellent was shortly then ordered to haul the gun carriage with ropes instead,[14] a disruption which subsequently became state funeral tradition.[15] She further observed that the Royal Artillery, responsible for the horses and the gun carriage, "were furious... humiliated beyond words" by the incident.[16]
Victoria's children had married into the great royal families of Europe and a number of foreign monarchs were in attendance, including Wilhelm II of Germany as well as the heir-presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.[17]
Funeral service
The service in the afternoon of Saturday 2 February at St George's Chapel followed the liturgy of the Burial Service in the Book of Common Prayer and was the first royal funeral for which a printed order of service had been produced. The organisation of the service lay with the Dean of Windsor and the Lord Chamberlain, with the active participation of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.[18] The music started with the first of the funeral sentences by William Croft and Psalm 15 to a setting by William Felton. After the lesson came further funeral sentences sung as anthems; Man that is born by Samuel Sebastian Wesley and Thou knowest Lord by Henry Purcell. The Lord's Prayer in Latin by Charles Gounod, and the anthem How blest are they by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky followed. After the Garter Principal King of Arms had proclaimed the Queen's styles and titles, the anthem Blest are the departed by Louis Spohr was reportedly followed by the Dresden amen. The inclusion of so much music by foreign composers was unprecedented and was not repeated in later royal funerals where British music predominated. At the end of the service, a funeral march attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven but actually by Johann Heinrich Walch was played instead of the traditional "Dead March" from Saul because Victoria was known to dislike Handel's music and was reported to have forbidden its use at her funeral.[19]
Lying-in-state and interment service
After the funeral service in St George's Chapel, Queen Victoria's body lay in state there for two days, under a military guard, before joining that of Prince Albert in the nearby Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore at Windsor Great Park.[20]
The interment at the Frogmore Mausolem took place on 4 February. The procession from St George's Chapel was accompanied by massed military bands playing funeral marches, but in the final part of the journey, pipers played a lament, the Black Watch Dead March. Arriving at the mausoleum, the choir of St George's sang Yea, though I walk from Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio, The Light of the World. This was followed by the funeral sentences by Wesley and Purcell that had been sung at the funeral, Lord have mercy by Thomas Tallis and Gounoud's Lord's Prayer. A hymn, Sleep thy last sleep, preceded the concluding prayers read by the Dean of Windsor, after which Sullivan's anthem, The face of death and Sir John Stainer's Sevenfold Amen concluded the service.[21]
A tomb effigy of Victoria had been sculpted by Baron Carlo Marochetti in 1861 as a companion piece to his marble effigy of Prince Albert. Victoria's sculpture was finally installed next to Albert's in the mausoleum later in 1901.[22]
Funeral guests
The list below is from a report in The London Gazette.[23]
Immediate family
- The King and Queen of the United Kingdom, the late Queen's son and daughter-in-law
- The Duchess of Cornwall and York, the late Queen's granddaughter-in-law
- The Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and the Duke of Fife, the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law
- The Princess Victoria, the late Queen's granddaughter
- Princess and Prince Charles of Denmark, the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law
- The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Duchess of Edinburgh), the late Queen's daughter-in-law
- The Crown Prince of Romania, the late Queen's grandson-in-law (representing the King of the Romanians)
- The Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the late Queen's grandson-in-law and half-great-nephew
- Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the late Queen's granddaughter
- The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, the late Queen's son and daughter-in-law
- Princess Margaret of Connaught, the late Queen's granddaughter
- Prince Arthur of Connaught, the late Queen's grandson
- Princess Patricia of Connaught, the late Queen's granddaughter
- The Duchess of Albany, the late Queen's daughter-in-law
- Princess Alice of Albany, the late Queen's granddaughter
- The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Duke of Albany), the late Queen's grandson
- The Empress Frederick's family:
- The German Emperor, the late Queen's grandson
- The German Crown Prince, the late Queen's great-grandson
- The Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, the late Queen's grandson-in-law (representing the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen)
- Prince Heinrich XXX of Reuss-Köstritz, the late Queen's great-grandson-in-law (representing the Prince Reuss Younger Line)
- Prince Henry of Prussia, the late Queen's grandson
- Princess and Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law (representing the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe)
- The Duke of Sparta, the late Queen's grandson-in-law
- Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, the late Queen's grandson-in-law
- The German Emperor, the late Queen's grandson
- Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine's family:
- Princess and Prince Louis of Battenberg, the late Queen's granddaughter and grandson-in-law
- The Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, the late Queen's grandson
- Princess and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the late Queen's daughter and son-in-law
- Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, the late Queen's grandson
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, the late Queen's granddaughter
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, the late Queen's granddaughter
- The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and the Duke of Argyll, the late Queen's daughter and son-in-law
- Princess Henry of Battenberg, the late Queen's daughter
- Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the late Queen's grandson
- Other descendants of the late Queen's paternal grandfather, King George III and their families:
- The Duke of Cambridge, the late Queen's first cousin
- The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz's family:
- Duke Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed (representing the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck's family:
- The Duke of Teck, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
- Prince Francis of Teck, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
- Prince Alexander of Teck, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
- Baron Alphons von Pawel-Rammingen, husband of the late Queen's first cousin once removed
- The Hon. Aubrey FitzClarence, the late Queen's double first cousin twice removed
Extended family
- The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the late Queen's half-nephew
- Count Edward Gleichen, the late Queen's half-great-nephew
- The Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, the late Queen's half-great-nephew
- The King of the Belgians, the late Queen's first cousin
- Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
- Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the late Queen's double first cousin twice removed
- The King of Portugal, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
- The Duke of Saxony, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed (representing the King of Saxony)
- Duke Robert of Württemberg, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed (representing the King of Württemberg)
Other foreign royalty
- The King of the Hellenes
- The Crown Prince of Denmark (representing the King of Denmark)
- The Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway (representing the King of Sweden and Norway)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (representing the Austrian Emperor)
- Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (representing the Russian Emperor)
- The Duke of Aosta (representing the King of Italy)
- The Crown Prince of Siam (representing the King of Siam)
- The Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden (representing the Grand Duke of Baden)
- Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (representing the Prince Regent of Bavaria)
- Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (representing the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
- The Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- The Prince of Hohenzollern
- Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik (representing the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan)
- Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (representing the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg)
- The Thakore Sahib of Morvi
Nobility
- The Duke of Norfolk
- The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch
- The Duke of Northumberland
- The Duke of Beaufort
- The Duke of Montrose
- The Duke of Portland
- The Marquess of Londonderry
- The Earl Waldegrave
- The Earl of Clarendon
- The Earl of Pembroke
- The Earl of Harewood
- The Earl of Haddington
- The Earl Cawdor
- The Earl Howe
- The Earl of Kintore
- The Earl of Gosford
- The Earl of Denbigh
- The Countess of Lytton
- The Viscount Valentia
- The Viscount Galway
- The Viscount Wolseley
- The Lord Roberts
- The Lord Belper
- The Baron Lawrence
- The Lord Colville of Culross
- The Lord Churchill
- Earl of Kerry
- Earl of March
- Lord William Cecil
- Victor Cavendish
See also
- Death and state funeral of Edward VII
- Death and state funeral of George V
- Death and state funeral of George VI
- Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
- State funerals in the United Kingdom
Bibliography
- Range, Matthias (2016). British Royal and State Funerals. Boydell Press.
References
- ^ Hibbert, pp. 464–466, 488–489; Strachey, p. 308; Waller, p. 442
- ^ Victoria's journal, 1 January 1901, quoted in Hibbert, p. 492; Longford, p. 559 and St Aubyn, p. 592
- ^ Her personal physician Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet, quoted in Hibbert, p. 492
- ^ Rappaport, Helen (2003), "Animals", Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion, Abc-Clio, pp. 34–39, ISBN 978-1-85109-355-7
- ^ Longford, pp. 561–562; St Aubyn, p. 598
- ^ St Aubyn, p. 598
- ^ Longford, p. 563
- ^ a b Matthew, H. C. G.; Reynolds, K. D. (2004). "Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36652. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 20 September 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Hibbert, p. 498
- ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Reynolds, K. D. (2004). "Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36652. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 20 September 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Hibbert, p. 497; Longford, p. 563
- ^ Rappaport, Helen (2003). Queen Victoria: a biographical companion. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- ^ Wyllie depicts a scene during the funeral of Queen Victoria. The royal yacht, HMY Alberta, carrying the Queen's body, arrives in Gosport in the late afternoon of 1 February 1901, with the setting sun behind her. The royal standard flies at half-mast, and surrounding the small vessel are several escorting destroyers. In the background the anchored battleships fire salutes. Following behind the Alberta is the larger royal yacht HMY Victoria and Albert, flying the royal standard and carrying King Edward VII and other royal mourners.
- ^ "Our cable Dispatches: Miscellaneous". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda. 19 March 1901. p. 1.
Portsmouth, March 16.—Amidst the firing of a royal salute of the assembled fleet, and hearty cheers from the concourse of people gathered at all points of vantage, the steamer Ophir with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on board started at about four four o'clock this afternoon on the voyage which is not to terminate until their Royal Highnesses shall have made a tour of the world. King Edward and Queen Alexandra on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, accompanied by eight torpedo boat destroyers escorted the Ophir a few miles out. Before the departure of the royal party, King Edward conferred the Victoria medal on the Blue Jackets of H.M.S. Excellent who dragged the funeral gun-carriage of Queen Victoria after the horses became unmanageable at Windsor railway station.
- ^ "Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth - Field Gun Carriage". www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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- ^ "The Funeral at Windsor of Queen Victoria. The Royal Windsor Website.com by ThamesWeb". Thamesweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ Range, Matthias (2016). British Royal and State Funerals: Music and Ceremonial since Elizabeth I. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-1783270927. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ Range 2016, pp. 270-273
- ^ Longford, p. 565; St Aubyn, p. 600
- ^ Range 2016, pp. 275-276
- ^ Marsden, Jonathan (7 May 2014). "The Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Sculptures at Frogmore Mausoleum". victorianweb.org. The Victorian Web. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "No. 27316". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1901.