Notes

1. Victoria's principal advisor was her uncle King Leopold I of Belgium (her mother's brother, and the widower of Victoria's cousin, Princess Charlotte).ⁱ; [Note Record]
2. In 1840 she survived an assassination attempt when riding in a carriage with Prince Albert in London.ⁱⁱ; [Note Record]
3. In 1845 she personally donated £2,000 to the Irish people in the aftermath of the potato famine.ⁱⁱⁱ; [Note Record]
4. Queen Victoria was the first known carrier of haemophilia in the royal family. As there are no known haemophiliacs among her ancestors, her case was either an instance of spontaneous mutation, or she was actually the illegitimate daughter of an unidentified haemophiliac male. However there is no evidence of such a liason with her mother.^iv; [Note Record]
5. Flags in the United States were lowered to half-mast in her honour by order of President William McKinley, a tribute never before offered to a foreign monarch at the time and one which was repaid by Britain when McKinley was assassinated later that year.^v; [Note Record]