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Windsor, house
(redirected from House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)

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Windsor, house of

 formerly (1901–17) House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Royal house of Britain, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria. The dynastic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was that of Victoria's German-born husband, Prince Albert. The dynasty has included Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II. In view of the anti-German atmosphere of World War I, George V proclaimed in 1917 that all British male descendants of Queen Victoria would adopt the surname of Windsor.
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1917: The British Royal family adopted the name House of Windsor in place of House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
1917: The British Royal family adopted the name House of Windsor in place of House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
The modern Royal family was founded in the 1840s, when Queen Victoria married Albert of Saxe-Coburg, a Germany duchy, creating The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Royal family is of foreign descent by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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