List of foreign visits made by Queen Victoria

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 7Château d'Eu, Eu July MonarchyVisiting Louis Philippe I
1845 August 11 August 14Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Aachen Cologne, Bonn PrussiaVisiting Frederick William IV of Prussia
August 14 August 16Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz
August 16 August 18Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, Grand Duchy of HesseVisiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
August 18 August 19Schloss Würzburg, Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria Visiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
August 19 August 27Schloss Rosenau, Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
August 27Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
August 27 August 28Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda
August 28 September 3Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha Visiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
September 3Wartburg, Eisenach Saxe-Weimar-EisenachVisiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
September 3 September 4Kurfust Hotel, Fulda Grand Duchy of Hesse
September 4 September 5Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt Free City of Frankfurt Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria
September 5 September 6Hotel, Deutz Prussia
September 6 September 7Antwerp Belgium Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 8 September 9Château d'Eu, Eu July Monarchy Visiting Louis Philippe I

1850s

Date(s) Locations Country Details
1855 August 18 August 27Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud,Paris, Versailles and Saint-Germain  Second French EmpireVisiting Napoleon III
1858 August 5 6 AugustCherbourg
August 11 August 12Breidenbacher Hof, Düsseldorf Prussia
August 12Herrenhausen
August 12 August 28 Babelsberg Palace, PotsdamVisiting George V of Hanover
August 28 August 30 Hotel de Bellevue, CologneVisiting Crown Prince William of Prussia

1860s

Date(s) Locations Country Details
1860 September 24 September 25Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt Free City of Frankfurt
September 25 October 10Palace, Coburg Saxe-Coburg and GothaVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 10 October 11Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz Hesse
October 11 October 13Palace, Koblenz PrussiaVisiting Crown Prince William of Prussia
October 13 October 16Royal Palace of Brussels, Brussels Belgium Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
1862 September 2 September 4Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
September 5 October 3Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 3 — October 17Palace, Coburg Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
October 18 — October 2Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken  Belgium Visiting Leopold I of Belgium
1863 August 12 August 14
August 15 September 7Schloss 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 5Schloss Rosenau, Coburg Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1868 August 6Paris Second French Empire
August 7 September 9Pension Wallis, Lucerne  Switzerland

1870s

Date(s) Locations Country Details
1872 March 25 April 6Villa Delmar, Baden-Baden Baden
 German Empire
Visiting Princess Feodora of Leiningen
1876 March 29 April 10Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden
April 10 April 20Palace, Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 German Empire
1879 March 26 March 27British Embassy, Paris French Third Republic Receiving President Grévy
March 28 April 23Villa Clara, Baveno Kingdom of Italy
April 24 April 25British Embassy, Paris French Third Republic

1880s

Date(s) Locations Country Details
1880 March 27 March 30Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden Baden
 German Empire
March 30 April 1Schloss, Darmstadt Grand Duchy of HesseConfirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
 German Empire
April 1 April 15Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden Baden
 German Empire
1882 March 16 April 12Chalet des Rosiers, Menton French Third Republic
1884 April 17 May 6Neues Palais, Darmstadt Grand Duchy of HesseWedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
 German Empire
1885 April 1 April 22Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains French Third Republic
April 22via   Switzerland
April 23 May 1Neues Palais, Darmstadt Grand Duchy of Hesse Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse
 German Empire
1887 April 1 April 4Villa Edelweiss, Cannes French Third Republic
April 6 April 28Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe ,Aix-les-Bains
1888 March 24 April 22Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence Kingdom of Italy
April 23Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck Austria-Hungary Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of Austria
April 24 April 26Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg German Empire Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor
1889 March 7 March 27Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country French Third Republic
March 27San Sebastián Basque Country Spain
March 27 April 27Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country French Third RepublicVisiting Queen Regent Maria Christina

1890s

Date(s) Locations Country Details
1890 March 26 April 22Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains French Third Republic
April 22Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne  Switzerland
April 23 April 29Neues Palais, Darmstadt Grand Duchy of Hesse Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
 German Empire
1891 March 25 April 29Grand Hotel, Grasse French Third Republic
1892 March 21 April 25Grand Hotel de Costebelle, Hyères
April 26 May 2Neues 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 26Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence Kingdom of Italy
1894 March 16 April 16Villa Fabbricotti, Florence
April 17 April 28Schloss 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 23Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice French Third Republic
April 24 April 29Altes Palais, Darmstadt Grand Duchy of Hesse Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
 German Empire
1896 March 11 April 29Grand 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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