2007-12-11 09:12:08 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
partly. There is German ancestry somewhere along the line, but nobody`s perfect! lol. Queen Victoria`s husband Albert was German. He introduced the German custom of Christmas trees to England. Britain is made up of a mish mash of many different countries and cultures throughout time. The Romans, Normans, Vikings, etc
2007-12-11 09:21:31 · answer #1 · answered by mokiemagic 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Yes
Since George I - Elector of Hanover in the 18th century was made King of England.
All new members of the Royal Family since that time had to be supplied from German stock.
The exception was the wife of George VI who was not the heir to the throne but only became King because his unmarried brother EdwardVIII abdicated to marry an American in 1937.
The husband of the present Queen is an immigrant called Philip who has German ancestry by way of the Greek royal family.
The mould has now been broken with Prince Charles probably because they could not find a german who could bear to marry him.
His first wife,Diana , was the only English girl ever to marry a British Monarch or heir to the throne which is possibly why she felt like an outsider.
2007-12-12 02:21:38 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The last true German in the Royal family was Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband. Queen Mary was technically a German Princess but was born and brought up in London and considered a member of The British Royal family.
The Queen is more Scottish than anything else as her mother was the daughter of a Scottish Earl and Countess.
2007-12-12 06:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The last English king of the English people was Harold II of the House of Wessex, and he died in AD 1066, ever since then, the Kingdom of England has been ruled by 'foreigners' - the Norman French under the Houses of Normandy, Blois, Plantagenet, Lancaster & York, the Welsh under the House of Tudor, the Scots under the House of Stuart, the Germans under the Houses of Brunswick (Hanover) & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of the House of Wettin - which changed its name to the House of Windsor in 1917. Upon the death of the present Queen, using patrilineal descent (descent from father to son), the name of the British royal house will be that of her husband, the German-Danish House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg... (which is also the name of the former Greek Royal House) although the name of the Royal Family will continue to be the House of Windsor in law.
So having a ‘foreigner’ upon the English throne is nothing new; some of them have even made good leaders. For all that, I’m a monarchist, and until convinced of a better system for my country will remain one.
2007-12-11 17:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by Trajan 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes - they're also Greek, Danish, Scottish, English, Serbian, and about half a dozen other nationalities. The royal families of Europe intermarried for so many centuries that assigning a single historic nationality for any of them is impossible.
2007-12-11 19:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by JerH1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, somewhere along the line. It explains it on http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page128.asp . Apparently, that's why their surname is Windsor. They previously had a German surname but had to change it during WW2 because obviously the Germans were the enemy at the time. Hope this helps.
2007-12-11 17:26:37 · answer #6 · answered by H~v~H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The current dynasty is rooted in Germany--Hanover actually; that's why the current dynasty was once called The House of Hanover--from the time of George I. It is now called The House of Windsor--the name was changed during World War I to dissociate The House of Hanover from its German ties.
2007-12-11 23:26:24 · answer #7 · answered by Signor Spaghetti 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are of German descent but then so are most of us in one way or another.
In Italy I am usually though to be a German. To may surprise in Spain I was once thought to be Russian ( No, I wasn't rushan about )
2007-12-12 10:18:47 · answer #8 · answered by Scouse 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is - at least part German. They changed their surname at the outbreak of World War 1 because it became very unpopular then in England to be associated with anything German.
The same happened with the GSD - they became known as Alsatians.
2007-12-11 17:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We all descend from different nationalities, DON'T WE??
The House of Windsor i.e. the Queen and her family, can trace their antecedents diectly back to the Hanoverian line of kings who, in turn, are connected with Scottish and Welsh royal families through marriages.
The last ENGLISH regent was Caractacus!!
2007-12-11 17:23:38 · answer #10 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋