Queen Victoria came to power at just eighteen years old, on June 20 1837. She broke tradition by ruling on her own terms, without influence from her mother, who had kept her isolated growing up. Victoria was married in 1840 to Prince Albert and they had nine children. Despite being the mother of many children, Queen Victoria very much disliked motherhood and children in general. She conformed to the patterns of her day, producing many heirs, but probably would have not done so if she lived at a time when this was not such an important role for a woman. Victoria had very strong personal standards of morality which led to the time period surrounding her life being known as a very prudish age. It became known as the Victorian era. Queen Victoria