queen elizabeth 2 surname?

Answer 1

Ernst I's younger son, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, became Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, Ernst's niece through his sister Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. As a consequence of their marriage, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha became the Royal House name of the British Royal Family from the accession of Edward VII in 1901 until changed to Windsor by King George V in 1917 because a German name was deemed unpatriotic during World War I.

Contrary to common belief, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was not the personal surname of either Prince Albert, his wife or their descendants. Neither Albert nor Victoria, in fact, knew their actual surname (royalty had no need of and never used such common labels) until in the late 19th century Queen Victoria launched an inquiry to identify her surname. After an exhaustive search her advisors concluded that Prince Albert (and thus the Queen — by virtue of her marriage) had the surname Wettin.

George V changed both Wettin and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917. However, an Order-in-Council in 1960 again separated the Royal House name and the personal family surname of the monarch and her family. It decreed that while the Royal House name would remain Windsor, the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh would use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. However, Prince Philip belongs to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and, technically, so will his descendants in the male line.

Answer 2

The Royal family members of the united kingdom and the diverse Commonwealth realms technically don't have any surname. The are each and each of the Royal living house of Windsor and if a surname is significant Windsor is especially used. The Queen truthfully used this even as she served in global conflict II. on the diverse hand William and Harry use their fathers call as their second call. operating party at William commencement even as his call grew to develop into familiar because it grew to develop into "William Wales". finally those descended from Queen Elizabeth II who're now no longer entitled to be a Prince/ess of the united kingdom could use Mountbatten-Windsor as their surname.

Answer 3

Windsor. She has declared that her descendants on the male line will have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

Even so, many of them use varying names. For example, Princes Harry and William have used the surname Wales at times,

Answer 4

Mountbatten Windsor Used to have a german surname until worldwar one and then then King George 5th renounced all things German due to war and adopted name of Windsor the place where he lived. When the queen married Phillip her surname became Mountbatten Windsor Due to her husband being Phillip Mountbatten and her surname being Windsor

Answer 5

Windsor

Answer 6

Windsor

Answer 7

Her last name is Windsor.
They actually have German blood but during the early 1900's they decided that it was not going over well having a German name.
They then changed their name to Mountbatten Windsor but during WWII, they dropped the Mountbatten and now they are just the "Windsors"

Answer 8

Mountbatten-Windsor would be the most direct surname.
it was changed to windsor by an order in council. while mountbatten is prince phillips half, or mountbatten (which also was oddly changed by an order by a past king to be changed from battenburg to mountbatten) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten-Windsor

Thus it is Prince Charles - Charles Mountbatten-Windsor etc...

but they have their traditional.. very long royal names

I'm not going to do the official long form pre change. (considering they don't use them.. it went down hill since WWI and the saxe gothburg type things..

The house name is Windsor
the surname is Mountbatten-Windsor (a blank slate of sorts)

Answer 9

Her full name is: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor

Answer 10

She doesn't have one - it's one of those things about being a monarch, you give up your last name. Before she ascended to the throne, her last name was Windsor.