Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne at the age of 18, reigned for a total of 63 years.
The current Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne at the age of 26 after getting married and having two children.
Queen Victoria, on the other hand, married after 2 years after becoming Queen, and then gave birth to a child.
According to the royal tradition of the time, when the queen or queen gave birth, the presence of royal members, bishops, royal discipline and others was required to ensure that the baby was biological and that no other baby would be used to replace the dead baby.
So, although Queen Victoria was only in her early 20s at the time, the pressure she faced was not ordinary.
Queen Victoria became pregnant soon after her marriage, and on 21 November 1840, Queen Victoria prepared to give birth at Buckingham Palace.
In the face of childbirth, Victoria actually had some worries in her heart.
Her cousin Princess Charlotte (the only daughter of George IV) died in childbirth.
Princess Charlotte's husband was Victoria's uncle.
When Princess Charlotte gave birth, she hired Sir Richard Croft as her obstetrician.
However, Princess Charlotte's entire delivery process lasted for 50 hours, but she still failed to use forceps to remove Charlotte's stillborn fetus, but instead released a lot of blood, and later unfortunately died.
Sir Croft, after the incident, was condemned, and his heart fell into deep self-blame, depression, and he shot himself.
Victoria had never met the cousin, but had heard of her misfortunes, so she was also particularly uneasy during her first pregnancy, fearing a repeat of history.
In that era when medicine was not developed, giving birth to a child was like walking through a ghost door.
When Princess Charlotte gave birth, the delivery room was filled with doctors who were very skilled in Britain at the time, but they still could not escape the fate.
Queen Victoria gave birth for the first time, and the royal family also attached great importance to it, calling a total of 4 doctors:
The famous obstetric male doctor Dr. Rocok,
Dr Robert, the two doctors are partners, they provide London's most cutting-edge delivery services.
There is also a surgeon, Mr Richard, who can perform a caesarean section if necessary.
There is also Dr. Clark, a total of 4 professional doctors.
When Victoria was pregnant, she was very young at the time, and with a good physique from an early age, her entire pregnancy was in a very good state, she once said:
"I'm physically strong, and even the doctors say I've never seen anyone in such good shape.
I walk for a long time every day, sometimes in the wind and very energetic"
However, Queen Victoria is not tall, only about 1.55 meters, and the skeleton is small.
The doctors were still a little worried because her physical outcomes were not particularly suitable for fertility.
However, Queen Victoria appeared calm during childbirth, although this was her first experience of having a baby.
In the face of the male doctor team, Queen Victoria appeared calm and generous:
This aspect is out of concern about their own smooth delivery,
On the other hand, because she had often dealt with doctors before, she had become accustomed to the various examinations of doctors.
At the beginning of the delivery, doctors gave Queen Victoria a dose of castor oil to empty the intestines to avoid embarrassing consequences.
At that time, the delivery room was crowded with people, and the doctors were still arguing from time to time.
The last pain is also the most unbearable. The pain begins at 12:30 and lasts until 2 o'clock.
Just after 2 o'clock, a healthy little princess was born!
After the birth of the child, Queen Victoria finally breathed a sigh of relief, saw that it was a baby girl, and spat out a sentence:
"It doesn't matter, the next child will be the prince."
Queen Victoria's husband Albert was very sweet:
Throughout the birth, he sat at the Queen's bedside, supporting and encouraging his wife,
Also kissed the queen's cheek.
The little princess takes her name as Wiki, and has big dark blue eyes and pretty little hands.
Queen Victoria was overjoyed that her daughter had been born safely, and she ordered that the doctors be paid immediately a hefty remuneration.
In order to welcome the birth of the queen's first child, the royal family has already prepared a high-class cradle:
The surface is gilded, the inside is made of green silk, and the top is gorgeous green and gold.
The high-end combination of green and gold has not been spread to China until recent years, and it has been widely used by the Chinese in decoration.
Queen Victoria herself was breastfed by her mother as a child, but after she gave birth, she was reluctant to breastfeed, and her thoughts were:
"Like a nipple or a bitch who has just laid off,
The animals are very interesting, not wonderful at all."
Royal babies are generally cared for by professionals after birth, and rarely by their parents.
In the first 5 weeks of her daughter's birth, Queen Victoria had only seen this little baby 2 times, it was the baby bathing in the bathtub, she heard the baby crying, and even felt strange.
Queen Victoria believes that newborn babies are not very fun, and in her eyes, in the first 6 months, small babies are no different from young plants.
However, the Queen was very happy about the birth of her daughter, and she wrote on Christmas that year:
"I was still an unmarried girl this time last year.
This year I already have a sweet husband and a lovely, little daughter."
A sense of well-being overflows.
In Victorian times, the average number of children a woman had dropped to 5-6, and aristocratic families would have been less than that.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the average number of children a British woman had dropped to 3.
Queen Victoria, on the other hand, had 9 children, all of whom grew up healthy.
Queen Maria II of Portugal, a contemporary of Queen Victoria, was also married to another cousin of the Coburg family,
Mary II had a total of 11 children, but, by the time she gave birth to her last child, she died soon after, at the age of 35.
Queen Victoria was fortunate that her husband Albert never picked up flowers and weeds, Albert loved to read and music, and spent almost all of his time assisting the Queen except for his family.
He would read many documents to the Queen, give his own advice, and he effectively became the Queen's personal secretary.
Her relationship with her husband also grew stronger, and during the Queen's childbirth, he was in charge of all cabinet affairs.
After the birth of her first child, the Queen gave birth to 8 more children.
If Albert had been away from home for any reason, the Queen would have expected her husband to return early to accompany her.
"I am so lonely without my dear master, pray that God will never let me live longer than him"
Albert was a good husband and a competent father who loved to play with his children.
He spent much more time with his children than many aristocratic fathers. Perhaps it has something to do with his childhood experiences, when he was very young, he was forced to separate from his mother, who in turn was obsessed with other women.
Albert shared the responsibility of accompanying the children, so much so that the Queen once wrote:
"All these children are like non-existent to me, and when Albert is not at home, the whole palace, the whole house is dead!"
The Queen also confessed:
"When the children were older, I didn't feel particularly happy or relieved to be with them.
It was only when Albert was by my side that I truly felt relaxed and happy. ”
This shows the queen's dependence on her husband.
But she was so dependent on her husband, who left the queen at the age of 42 and died.
The Queen later lived alone for 40 years, living to the age of 82.
The Queen had nine children, all of whom grew up healthy, and she herself lived to the age of 82, which was rare in those days.
——END
Creation is not easy, welcome to like, pay attention!
Images are from the Internet, please contact to delete the infringer.
The author | Linda
Responsible editor| If water
Welcome to past highlights:
Strong Queen Victoria: lost her father at the age of 1, widowed at the age of 42, lost her daughter at the age of 59, and lived alone to the age of 82
The king had 7 sons, but none of his male grandchildren succeeded to the throne, and only his granddaughters rose to the top
Queen's mother-in-law: 3 sons-in-law are Nazis, and sons fight the Nazis in the British army