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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.
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| 1843
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September 2 — September 7 |
Château d'Eu, Eu |
Template:Country data July Monarchy |
Visiting Louis Philippe I
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| 1845
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August 11 — August 14 |
Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Aachen Cologne, Bonn |
Template:Country data Prussia |
Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia and seeing the unveiling of a new statue commemorating Beethoven.
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| August 14 — August 16 |
Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz
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| August 16 — August 18 |
Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
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| August 18 — August 19 |
Schloss Würzburg, Würzburg, |
Template:Country data Kingdom of Bavaria
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Visiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
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| August 19 — August 27 |
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg |
Template:Country data Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| August 27 |
Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen
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Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
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| August 27 — August 28 |
Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda
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| August 28 — September 3 |
Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha
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Visiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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| September 3 |
Wartburg, Eisenach |
Template:Country data Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Visiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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| September 3 — September 4 |
Kurfust Hotel, Fulda |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse
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| September 4 — September 5 |
Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt |
 Free City of Frankfurt
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Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria
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| September 5 — September 6 |
Hotel, Deutz |
Template:Country data Prussia
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| September 6 — September 7 |
Antwerp |
 Belgium
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Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
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| September 8 — September 9 |
Château d'Eu, Eu |
Template:Country data July Monarchy
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Visiting Louis Philippe I
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| 1860
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September 24 — September 25 |
Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt |
Free City of Frankfurt
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| September 25 — October 10 |
Palace, Coburg |
Template:Country data Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| October 10 — October 11 |
Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz |
Template:Country data Hesse
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| October 11 — October 13 |
Palace, Koblenz |
Template:Country data Prussia |
Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
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| October 13 — October 16 |
Royal Palace of Brussels, Brussels |
Belgium
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Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
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| 1862
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September 2 — September 4 |
Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken
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Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
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| September 5 — October 3 |
Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda |
Template:Country data Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| October 3 — October 17 |
Palace, Coburg
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Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| October 18 — October 2 |
Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken
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Belgium
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Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
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| 1863
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August 12 — August 14
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| August 15 — September 7 |
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg |
Template:Country data Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria
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| 1865
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August 11 — September 5 |
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg
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Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| 1868
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August 6 |
Paris |
Template:Country data Second French Empire
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| August 7 — September 9 |
Pension Wallis, Lucerne |
 Switzerland
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| 1880
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March 27 — March 30 |
Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden |
Template:Country data Baden
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 German Empire
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| March 30 — April 1 |
Schloss, Darmstadt |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Confirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
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| German Empire
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| April 1 — April 15 |
Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden |
Template:Country data Baden
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| German Empire
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| 1882
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March 16 — April 12 |
Chalet des Rosiers, Menton |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| 1884
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April 17 — May 6 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Wedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
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| German Empire
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| 1885
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April 1 — April 22 |
Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| April 22 |
via Switzerland
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| April 23 — May 1 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse
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Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse
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| German Empire
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| 1887
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April 1 — April 4 |
Villa Edelweiss, Cannes |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| April 6 — April 28 |
Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains
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| 1888
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March 24 — April 22 |
Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence |
 Kingdom of Italy
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| April 23 |
Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck |
 Austria-Hungary
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Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria
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| April 24 — April 26 |
Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg |
German Empire
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Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor
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| 1889
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March 7 — March 27 |
Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| March 27 |
San Sebastián Basque Country |
 Spain
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| March 27 — April 27 |
Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country |
Template:Country data French Third Republic |
Visiting Queen Regent Maria Christina
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| 1890
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March 26 — April 22 |
Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| April 22 |
Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne |
Switzerland
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| April 23 — April 29 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse
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Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
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| German Empire
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| 1891
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March 25 — April 29 |
Grand Hotel, Grasse |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| 1892
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March 21 — April 25 |
Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères
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| April 26 — May 2 |
Neues Palais, Darmstadt |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse
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Visiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
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| German Empire
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| 1893
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March 23 — April 26 |
Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence |
Kingdom of Italy
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| 1894
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March 16 — April 16 |
Villa Fabbricotti, Florence
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| April 17 — April 28 |
Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg |
Template:Country data Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| German Empire
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| 1895
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March 15 — April 23 |
Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| April 24 — April 29 |
Altes Palais, Darmstadt |
Template:Country data Grand Duchy of Hesse
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Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
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| German Empire
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| 1896
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March 11 — April 29 |
Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice |
Template:Country data French Third Republic
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| 1897
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March 12 — April 28
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| 1898
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March 12 — April 28
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| 1899
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March 12 — May 2
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