List of international official trips 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 the British Empire, which included territory on all inhabited continents, 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. Germany was the home of many members of her family (including, eventually, some of her children, who either married German royals or in one case inherited a German throne themselves), and the birthplace of her husband, Albert, many of these visits were family functions, such as weddings and confirmations.

She made a few official visits to France and frequently holidayed there towards the end of her life and reign, once including a brief crossing into northern Spain. She holidayed a few times in Italy and once in Switzerland. During their married life, the couple tended to make foreign trips in late summer. From the 1870s, the widowed queen travelled during the spring.

1840s Date(s) Locations CountryDetails1843September 2 — September 7 Château d'Eu, Eu Visiting Louis Philippe ISeptember 13 — September 18 Ostend, Belgium Visiting Leopold I and Queen Louise 1845August 11 — August 14 Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Aachen, Cologne, Bonn Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia and seeing the unveiling of a new statue commemorating Beethoven.August 14 — August 16 Schloss Stolzenfels, KoblenzAugust 16 — August 18 Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, Visiting Crown Prince William of PrussiaAugust 18 — August 19 Schloss Würzburg, Würzburg, Visiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of BavariaAugust 19 — August 27 Schloss Rosenau, Coburg Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAugust 27 Elisabethenburg Palace, MeiningenVisiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-MeiningenAugust 27 — August 28 Reinhardsbrunn, FriedrichrodaAugust 28 — September 3 Schloss Friedrichsthal, GothaVisiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-AltenburgSeptember 3 Wartburg, Eisenach Visiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachSeptember 3 — September 4 Kurfürst Hotel, Fulda September 4 — September 5 Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt Free City of FrankfurtReceiving Ludwig I of BavariaSeptember 5 — September 6 Hotel, Deutz September 6 — September 7 Antwerp Visiting Leopold I of BelgiumSeptember 8 — September 9 Château d'Eu, Eu Visiting Louis Philippe I

1850s

Date(s) Locations CountryDetails1855August 18 — August 27 Château de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Paris, Versailles and Saint-Germain Visiting Napoleon III1858August 5 — 6 August Cherbourg August 11 — August 12 Breidenbacher Hof, Düsseldorf August 12 HerrenhausenAugust 12 — August 28Babelsberg Palace, Potsdam Visiting George V of HanoverAugust 28 — August 30Hotel de Bellevue, Cologne Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia

1860s Date(s) Locations CountryDetails1860September 24 — September 25 Hotel d'Angleterre, Frankfurt Free City of FrankfurtSeptember 25 — October 10 Palace, Coburg Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaOctober 10 — October 11 Rheinische Hof Hotel, Mainz October 11 — October 13 Palace, Koblenz Visiting Crown Prince William of PrussiaOctober 13 — October 16 Royal Palace of Brussels, Brussels Visiting Leopold I of Belgium1862September 2 — September 4 Royal Palace of Laeken, LaekenVisiting Leopold I of BelgiumSeptember 5 — October 3 Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda October 3 — October 17 Palace, CoburgVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha October 18 — October 2Royal Palace of Laeken, LaekenVisiting Leopold I of Belgium1863August 12 — August 14August 15 — September 7 Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Meeting Franz Joseph I of Austria 1865August 11 — September 5 Schloss Rosenau, CoburgVisiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1868August 6 Paris August 7 — September 9 Pension Wallis, Lucerne Private visit. First visit to Switzerland by a reigning British monarch.

1870s Date(s) Locations CountryDetails1872March 25 — April 6 Villa Delmar, Baden-Baden Visiting Princess Feodora of Leiningen1876March 29 — April 10Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-BadenApril 10 — April 20 Palace, Coburg Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1879March 26 — March 27 British Embassy, ParisReceiving President GrévyMarch 28 — April 23 Villa Clara, Baveno April 24 — April 25 British Embassy, Paris

1880s Date(s) Locations CountryDetails1880March 27 — March 30 Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden March 30 — April 1 Schloss, Darmstadt Confirmations of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by RhineApril 1 — April 15 Villa Hohenlohe, Baden-Baden 1882March 16 — April 12 Chalet des Rosiers, Menton 1884April 17 — May 6 Neues Palais, Darmstadt Wedding of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine1885April 1 — April 22 Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains April 22via April 23 — May 1 Neues Palais, Darmstadt Confirmation of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse1887April 1 — April 4 Villa Edelweiss, Cannes April 6 — April 28 Maison Mottet, Hotel de l'Europe, Aix-les-Bains1888March 24 — April 22 Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence April 23 Innsbruck railway station, Innsbruck Stopover luncheon with Franz Joseph I of AustriaApril 24 — April 26 Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Brandenburg Visiting Frederick III, German Emperor1889March 7 — March 27 Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country March 27 San Sebastián Basque Country Unofficial meeting with Queen Regent Maria Christina, mother of Alfonso XIII.March 27 — April 27Villa La Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, Basque Country

1890s Date(s) Locations CountryDetails1890March 26 — April 22 Maison Mottet, Aix-les-Bains April 22 Stopovers at Geneva and Lucerne April 23 — April 29 Neues Palais, Darmstadt Visiting Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse1891March 25 — April 29 Grand Hotel, Grasse 1892March 21 — April 25 Grand Hotel de Costebelle, HyèresApril 26 — May 2 Neues Palais, Darmstadt Visiting orphaned grandchildren after the death of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse1893March 23 — April 26 Villa Palmieri, Fiesole, near Florence 1894March 16 — April 16 Villa Fabbricotti, FlorenceApril 17 — April 28 Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg Wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1895March 15 — April 23 Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice April 24 — April 29 Altes Palais, Darmstadt Visiting Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse1896March 11 — April 29 Grand Hotel, Cimiez, near Nice 1897March 12 — April 281898March 12 — April 281899March 12 — May 2

See also List of state visits received by Queen Victoria List of official overseas trips made by Edward VII

References

Sources Queen Victoria's Journals