# Canonical recap data for Queen Victoria Marries Prince Albert (1840)
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title: Queen Victoria Marries Prince Albert
subtitle: The royal wedding's elaborate white-dress ceremony established templates for state pageantry and influenced fashion and marital ideals across the British Empire.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1840-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1840
decade: 1840
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of any of her predecessors, constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United
summaryLong: Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of any of her predecessors, constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Queen Victoria"
importance: 73
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria"
  title: Queen Victoria
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was l
wikidataQid: Q9439
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260626002545/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-26
  label: Queen Victoria
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria"
