List of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria
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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
- 1843
- September 2 — September 7: Château d'Eu, Eu, France
- Visiting Louis Philippe I
- 1845
- August 11 — August 14: Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Rhenish Prussia
- Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia at Aachen, Cologne and Bonn
- August 14 — August 16: Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia
- August 16 — August 18: Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, Rhenish 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, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- August 27: Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
- Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- August 27 — August 28: Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- August 28 — September 3: Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- September 3 — September 4: Kurfust Hotel, Fulda, Grand Duchy of Hesse
- September 4 — September 5: Hotel d'Angleterre, Free City of Frankfurt
- Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria
- September 5 — September 6: Hotel, Deutz, Rhenish Prussia
- September 6 — September 7: Antwerp, Belgium
- Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
- September 8 — September 9: Château d'Eu, Eu, France
- Visiting Louis Philippe I
1850s
- 1855
- August 18 — August 27: Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France
- Visiting Napoleon III at Paris, Versailles and Saint-Germain
- 1858
- August 5 — 6 August: Cherbourg, visiting Napoleon III
- August 11 — August 12: Breidenbacher Hof, Düsseldorf, Rhenish Prussia
- August 12: Herrenhausen, Hanover
- Visiting George V of Hanover
- August 12 — August 28: Babelsberg Palace, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Prussia
- Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
- August 28 — August 30: Hotel de Bellevue, Cologne, Rhenish Prussia
1860s
- 1860
- September 24 — September 25: Hotel d'Angleterre, Free City of Frankfurt
- September 25 — October 10: Palace, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- October 10 — October 11: Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz, Rhenish Hesse
- October 11 — October 13: Palace, Koblenz, Rhenish 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, Belgium
- Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
- September 5 — October 3: Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- October 3 — October 17: Palace, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany
- October 18 — October 24: Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium
- Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
- 1863
- August 12 — August 14: Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium
- Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
- August 15 — September 7: Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Also Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Hall of Giants
- 1865
- August 11 — September 5: Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- 1868
- August 6: Paris, France
- August 7 — September 9: Pension Wallis, Lucerne, Switzerland
1870s
- 1872
- March 25 — April 6: Villa Delmar, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
- Visiting Princess Feodora of Leiningen
- 1876
- March 29 — April 10: Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
- April 10 — April 20: Palace, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany
- 1879
- March 26 — March 27: British Embassy, Paris
- Receiving President Grévy
- March 28 — April 23: Villa Clara, Baveno, Italy
- April 24 — April 25: British Embassy, Paris
1880s
- 1880
- March 27 — March 30: Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
- March 30 — April 1: Schloss, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- Confirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
- April 1 — April 15: Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
- 1882
- March 16 — April 12: Chalet des Rosiers, Menton, France
- 1884
- April 17 — May 6: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- 1885
- April 1 — April 22: Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains, France
- April 22: Via Switzerland
- April 23 — May 1: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse
- 1887
- April 1 — April 4: Villa Edelweiss, Cannes, France
- April 6 — April 28: Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains, France
- 1888
- March 24 — April 22: Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy
- April 23: Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck, Austria
- Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria
- April 24 — April 26: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
- Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor
- 1889
- March 7 — March 27: Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country, France
- March 27: San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
- Visiting Queen Regent Maria Christina
- March 27 — April 27: Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country, France
1890s
- 1890
- March 26 — April 22: Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains, France
- April 22: Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne, Switzerland
- April 23 — April 29: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
- 1891
- March 25 — April 29: Grand Hotel, Grasse, France
- 1892
- March 21 — April 25: Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères, France
- April 26 — May 2: Neues Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- Visiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
- 1893
- March 23 — April 26: Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence, Italy
- 1894
- March 16 — April 16: Villa Fabbricotti, Florence, Italy
- April 17 — April 28: Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Germany
- 1895
- March 15 — April 23: Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice, France
- April 24 — April 29: Altes Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany
- Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
- 1896
- March 11 — April 29: Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice, France
- 1897
- March 12 — April 28: Hotel Regina, Cimiez, near Nice, France
- 1898
- March 12 — April 28: Hotel Regina, Cimiez, near Nice, France
- 1899
- March 12 — May 2: Hotel Regina, Cimiez, near Nice, France