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Queen Victoria was not Emperor of India, as she was obviously a woman. She was Empress of India. The title Empress of India was taken by Queen Victoria on May 1, 1876. She was proclaimed Empress of India at her Delhi Durbar on January 1, 1877 (unfortunately she was not able to attend).
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What is the opposite gender is emperor?
Empress Like on India coins of Queen Victoria they had Victoria Empress on them.
In 1876 who became empress of India?
In 1876 Queen Victoria became the empress of India?
Did Britain ever have an emperor?
Yes and No. In 1877, after about 16 years of British rule of India, the British Government decided to recognize Queen Victoria as Empress of India. Our Kings kept that title until soon after India became independent in 1948. So, although the Monarchs were not Emperor of Britain, they were King of Britain and Emperor of India.
Who was the empress of India in 1858?
Queen Victoria was the Empress of India in 1858!!!!!! :)
What is the official title of Queen ElizabethII?
Prince Albert was prince consort to Queen Victoria of England.
How long was Queen Victoria empress of India for?
Queen Victoria was Empress of India from May 1876 to January 1901, so 24 years.
Who were Empresses of India and why?
There were four women who held the title Empress of India:-Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819-1901) was called Empress of India (1876-1901) because the former Emperor of India (Bahadur Shah Zafar) had been deposed by the British East India Company and this company subsequently passed dominion over India to the British monarchy.There are several possible reasons why she chose the title 'Empress' of India, one of the most significant being, perhaps, that India no longer had an Emperor, and Victoria was the next ruling monarch by right of conquest.Another reason for Alexandrina Victoria (Queen Victoria) choosing this title could be that her daughter Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa was due to become a German Empress by virtue of her marriage to German Emperor Frederick II, and, as the titles 'Emperor/Empress' are superior to the titles 'King/Queen' it would have seemed inappropriate that Alexandrina's (Queen Victoria's) daughter would have a title that ranked higher than her own.Another factor may have been that Britain was the major world power by 1876 and the title 'Empress' seemed to more accurately describe Queen Alexandrina Victoria's position in relationship to her 'empire.'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The next Empress of India was Alexandra of Denmark, (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise; 1844-1925) Queen consort of England. She became Empress (Queen Empress consort) of India when her husband Edward VII became Emperor of India in 1901. Alexandra became Empress of India by right of marriage and her husband's inheritance of the emperorship from his mother, Queen Victoria.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The third Empress of India was Mary of Teck, (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 1867-1953) who, like Alexandra, acquired the title by marriage, in Mary's case to George V, who became Emperor of India when his father Edward VII died on May 6th 1910. Mary was Empress of India from 1910 to 1936 when her husband George V died.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The fourth and last 'Empress of India' was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon; 1900-2002) gaining this title when her husband George VI became Emperor of India in 1936.However, India gained independence from Britain in 1947 and, in due course, her husband George VI stopped using the title 'Emperor of India' in 1948. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon ceased to hold the title 'Empress of India' from that moment as she was no longer the wife of the 'Emperor of India.'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For more information see Related links below.
What country was Queen Victoria empress of?
India
What was Queen Victoria's Jewel in the Crown?
India
Britains queen who took the title empress of India in 1876?
Queen Victoria
Who was the owner of the east India company?
queen victoria
Was queen Victoria once the empress of India?
yes
