Queen Victoria

How tall was Queen Victoria?

Queen Victoria is commonly listed at about 5 ft 0 in (152 cm).

This is the height usually given for her later years.

Queen Victoria’s 5 ft 0 in (152.4 cm) is short for a US woman: about 11 in 100 US women are shorter.

The average US man is taller than Queen Victoria by 9 in (22.7 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Queen Victoria: 5 ft 0 in (152.4 cm). The average US man is taller than Queen Victoria by 9 in (22.7 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than Queen Victoria by 9 in (22.7 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Queen Victoria: 5 ft 0 in (152.4 cm). The average US man is taller than Queen Victoria by 9 in (22.7 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

Queen Victoria beside others

Queen Victoria is the shortest of the 16 monarchs we have heights for: Elizabeth II (5 ft 4 in) is next, 4 in (10.2 cm) taller.

  • Christiane Taubira: 4 ft 11 in (150 cm), 1 in (2.4 cm) shorter than Queen Victoria.
  • James Madison: 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) taller than Queen Victoria.
  • Elizabeth II: 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) taller than Queen Victoria.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 0 in (152.4 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: Alexander Bassano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Queen Victoria, 5 ft 0 in (152 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)