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Below is a list of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria during her reign (which lasted from 1837 until 1901), giving the names of the places she stayed and any known reasons for her visit.
Despite being head of an empire on which the sun never sets , Queen Victoria never travelled outside of Europe , only travelling as far north as Golspie , southwesterly as San Sebastián , southeasterly as Florence and as far easterly as Berlin . The majority of her visits were made to the duchies and kingdoms of Germany (often via Belgium or the Netherlands) which was the home of many members of her family and the birthplace of her husband, Albert . She also made a few official visits to France and frequently holidayed there towards the end of her life and reign, as well as holidaying a few times in Italy and once in Switzerland. During their married life, the couple tended to make foreign trips in late summer, however from the 1870s (in her widowhood), Victoria travelled during the spring.
1840s [ ]
Date(s)
Locations
Country
Details
1843
September 2 — September 7
Château d'Eu , Eu July Monarchy Visiting Louis Philippe I
1845
August 11 — August 14
Schloss Brühl , Brühl , Aachen Cologne , Bonn Prussia Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia and seeing the unveiling of a new statue commemorating Beethoven .
August 14 — August 16
Schloss Stolzenfels , Koblenz
August 16 — August 18
Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz ,
Grand Duchy of Hesse Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
August 18 — August 19
Schloss Würzburg , Würzburg ,Kingdom of Bavaria
Visiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
August 19 — August 27
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
August 27
Elisabethenburg Palace , Meiningen
Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
August 27 — August 28
Reinhardsbrunn , Friedrichroda
August 28 — September 3
, Gotha
Visiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
September 3
Wartburg , Eisenach Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Visiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
September 3 — September 4
Kurfürst Hotel, Fulda
Grand Duchy of Hesse
September 4 — September 5
Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt
Free City of Frankfurt
Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria
September 5 — September 6
Hotel, Deutz Prussia
September 6 — September 7
Antwerp Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 8 — September 9
Château d'Eu , Eu July Monarchy
Visiting Louis Philippe I
1850s [ ] 1860s [ ]
Date(s)
Locations
Country
Details
1860
September 24 — September 25
Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt
Free City of Frankfurt
September 25 — October 10
Palace, Coburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 10 — October 11
Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz
Hesse
October 11 — October 13
Palace , Koblenz Prussia Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
October 13 — October 16
Royal Palace of Brussels , Brussels Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
1862
September 2 — September 4
Royal Palace of Laeken , Laeken
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 5 — October 3
Reinhardsbrunn , Friedrichroda Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 3 — October 17
Palace, Coburg
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 18 — October 2
Royal Palace of Laeken , Laeken
Belgium
Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
1863
August 12 — August 14
August 15 — September 7
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg , Schloss Ehrenburg , Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria
1865
August 11 — September 5
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1868
August 6
Paris Second French Empire
August 7 — September 9
Pension Wallis, Lucerne
Switzerland
1870s [ ] 1880s [ ]
Date(s)
Locations
Country
Details
1880
March 27 — March 30
Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden
Baden
German Empire
March 30 — April 1
Schloss, Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse Confirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
German Empire
April 1 — April 15
Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden
Baden
German Empire
1882
March 16 — April 12
Chalet des Rosiers, Menton
French Third Republic
1884
April 17 — May 6
Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse Wedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
German Empire
1885
April 1 — April 22
Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains
French Third Republic
April 22
via Switzerland
April 23 — May 1
Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse
German Empire
1887
April 1 — April 4
Villa Edelweiss, Cannes
French Third Republic
April 6 — April 28
Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains
1888
March 24 — April 22
Villa Palmieri, Fiesole , near Florence Kingdom of Italy
April 23
Innsbruck railway station , Innsbruck Austria-Hungary
Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria
April 24 — April 26
Charlottenburg Palace , Berlin, Brandenburg German Empire
Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor
1889
March 7 — March 27
Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz , Basque Country
French Third Republic
March 27
San Sebastián Basque Country Spain
March 27 — April 27
Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz , Basque Country
French Third Republic Visiting Queen Regent Maria Christina
1890s [ ]
Date(s)
Locations
Country
Details
1890
March 26 — April 22
Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains
French Third Republic
April 22
Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne
Switzerland
April 23 — April 29
Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
German Empire
1891
March 25 — April 29
Grand Hotel, Grasse
French Third Republic
1892
March 21 — April 25
Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères
April 26 — May 2
Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Visiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
German Empire
1893
March 23 — April 26
Villa Palmieri, Fiesole , near Florence Kingdom of Italy
1894
March 16 — April 16
Villa Fabbricotti, Florence
April 17 — April 28
Schloss Ehrenburg , Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
German Empire
1895
March 15 — April 23
Grand Hotel, Cimiez , near Nice
French Third Republic
April 24 — April 29
Altes Palais, Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
German Empire
1896
March 11 — April 29
Grand Hotel, Cimiez , near Nice
French Third Republic
1897
March 12 — April 28
1898
March 12 — April 28
1899
March 12 — May 2
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