January 22nd, The Grandmother of Europe and the End of an Era

She was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

Defender of the Faith, 

Princess of Hanover, 

Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 

Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 

and Duchess of Saxony.

She was the Empress of India.

She was the Sovereign of the Order of the Garter, 

the Order of the Thistle, 

the Order of St. Patrick, 

the Order of the Bath, 

the Order of St. Michael and St. George, 

the Order of the Star of India, 

the Order of the Indian Empire, 

and the Distinguished Service Order.

She was the grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, 

the grandmother of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, 

the grandmother of King George V of the United Kingdom, 

the grandmother of Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, 

the grandmother of Queen Maud of Norway, 

the grandmother of Queen Marie of Romania, 

and the grandmother of Queen Sophia of Greece.

Her Majesty, Queen Alexandrina Victoria.

    On this day, January 22, 1901, she passed away. She was 81 years old.

At her funeral, her sons and grandsons stood side by side in mourning. Not long after, they would declare war on each other’s nations.

"A bird's-eye view of Queen Victoria's funeral procession passing through London (1901) by Henry William Brewer, currently held at the Yale Center for British Art."