Suite 204 - Victoria - Queen of Great Britain and Ireland & Empress of India
“I was born to rule.” – about Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland & Empress of India
On 15 October 1839 Queen Victoria faced a question that even royal power could not delegate: by custom, no one could propose to a reigning queen, so she had to ask herself. Five days after his arrival at Windsor Castle she asked her cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to become her husband. He accepted, and she recorded the day in her diary.
The two had known each other since 1836. Her uncle Leopold I, King of the Belgians, had arranged their first meeting in London, shortly before Victoria’s seventeenth birthday, and it was he who pursued the match with the greatest determination. Victoria became queen in 1837 at the age of eighteen, and on 10 February 1840 the two were married in London.
Nine children came from this marriage, and their own marriages linked many of Europe’s royal houses. Victoria later became known as the “Grandmother of Europe”. You will find her son Edward VII in this house in Suite 202, her husband in Suite 203 and her uncle Leopold in Suite 201.
Suite 204 matches the size of her family: it is the largest of the Gallery Suites, with 136 m² on two levels, a living and dining area, classic crystal chandeliers, a 21 m² terrace overlooking the garden and a private sauna.
Imperial Gallery Suite mit Terasse
Room number 204
