The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 3, 1854-1861

Chapter 119

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Venetia in 1859, iii. _308_

Verney, Sir Harry, ii. 390

Versailles, Queen's visit to, iii. 136

Vico, Colonel, death of, iii. _135_

Victoire, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg, i. 149; marriage to Duc de Nemours, i. 213; flight from France, ii. 155, 167, 176, 177; visits Queen Victoria, ii. 184, 185

Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, ii. _208_, 218; visit to England, iii. _64_, _156_; joins the Western Alliance, iii. _66_; rumoured conversation with Louis Napoleon, iii. 168; proposed marriage, iii. _207_; war with Austria, entry into Milan, and conclusion of peace, iii. _308_; and the Pope, iii. 311; cession of Savoy and Nice, iii. _385_; war with Austria, iii. 386; as King of Italy, iii. _420_

Victoria, Queen, ancestry of, i. 1-7; political position of, i. 17; memoir of her early years, i. 18-21; relations and friends, i. 22-26; close correspondence and relationship with King Leopold, i. 23; formation of her character, i. 22-26; interesting points in her correspondence, i. 27-29 1819 Born 24th May at Kensington Palace, i. 8 1819-1826 Reminiscences of early childhood, written by herself,