King Geoege IV changed the name
2006-08-09 02:23:01 · 12 answers · asked by rsi447 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover.
The only British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was King Edward VII, who reigned for nine years at the beginning of the modern age in the early years of the twentieth century.
King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha survived in other European monarchies, including the current Belgian Royal Family and the former monarchies of Portugal and Bulgaria.
2006-08-09 02:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by mom2all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Royal Family Name Before Windsor
2016-11-03 00:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, if you are truly British yourself, you should be able to spell the English Language properly. All families have relations from here and there and our Royal Family is no different. If you came from a foreign sounding name you would carry that name on for generations unless or until you changed it. This is exactly what George V did in 1917 in response to the wishes of the British People. Windsor is not made up, it has been adopted from the place name Windsor, long associated with Royalty from the time of William the Conqueror in 1066 and he wasn't English either!
2016-03-27 05:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The offical name, before today's royal family changed it's name to Windsor because of World War 1 and to show they supported England for England during that war and to continue to have popular support of the British People, was Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the king to change the family name was King George V not the lV
2006-08-09 18:59:50 · answer #4 · answered by Gail M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was correct. The name Battenburg (mentioned by bfandrk) was another branch of the family which changed theirs to Mountbatten - which is a translation of Batten Berg
2006-08-11 08:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truly Magic is right. The reason they changed it is because when WWI hit, they felt that the name was too Germanic, so they changed it to a good "British" name.
2006-08-09 03:42:05 · answer #6 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
HRM changed it because he thought "Windsor" sounded more British during WWI.
2006-08-12 19:59:31 · answer #7 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batten-berg, changed because it is a German Name and Britain was going to war with Germany
2006-08-09 02:30:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the house of Hanover. I read that in a government book last weekend. Hanover was too Germain and they changed it to mix in.
2006-08-09 02:30:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
saxe-coburg-gotha better known as saxon-gotheberg. started w. queen victoria's line of rule,ended w. edward abdicating n george taking over-elizabeth's dad.
2006-08-09 02:43:24 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs Hermione Potter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋