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Yes, their name was 'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha' but the Royals changed it near the end of WWI to Windsor.
The Germans (house of Hanover) first sat at the British throne in 1698, when George I was crowned King (although he couldn't speak english). Victoria, who was a later predecessor (still the house of Hanover) married to Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, hence forth the name.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe British Royal Family is thoroughly British now.
As with all European royalty, they have ancestors from, and relatives in, many other countries. Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria and great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, was from an area that is now within Germany, but he came to be well accepted by the English people. Queen Victoria was born and raised in England but is said to have spoken English with a German accent.
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∙ 12y agoGermany has been a Republic since the close of World War II, when the Nazi Government- a Dictatorship, was defeated. Bavaria, a kingdom, was part of the German Empire- which existed from l87l-l9l9 when it was disbanded after the loss of World War 1. The short lived Weimar Republic ( a misleading name, as it was still headquartered in Berlin) existed in the twenties until the Assumption of Power by Adolf Hitler in l933. There may be members of the Bavarian royalty and nobility alive- and they are of the Von class, but, not active duty monarchists! It is interesing to note there was a fairly lively movement to revive the French Monarchy in the mid and late thirties- this was in France,not in Germany. Do not confuse with the Belgian Rexist movement, which was political in nature- and pro-Nazi. Belgium is still a monarchy and has an Italian Lady on the Throne! Right on!
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∙ 13y agoYes some of her ancestors are from Germany:
Queen Elizabeth is a patrilineal descendant of Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's family, the German princely House of Wettin.
Queen Elizabeth, is the daughter of George VI, the second-eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck. By birth, Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) was a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg
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∙ 15y agoYes, the present British royal family has German ancestors.
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Why did the british royal family change their surname in 1917?
Because of their links to the German royal family.
What did the German Royal Family look like?
ugley
What is Hohenzollern?
A German Royal Family from 1100 - 1918 CE.
Does Germany have a royal family?
Germany is a republic but there are many former German royal families still in existance.
What was the German sounding titles of the royal family of England before it was changed?
Battenberg. House of Hanover. Saxe Coburg Gothe. The present Royal Family are descended from Queen Victoria and her German husband Prince Albert.
What German princess got married to a Russian royal family and eventually took the throne?
Juliane
What is nehil?
Nihil is Latin for "nothing." It is used as a motto by the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen royal family.
Who are the royal family?
The British Royal Family The Norwegian Royal Family The Spanish Royal Family The Swedish Royal Family The Dutch Royal Family The Danish Royal Family The Belgian Royal Family The Thai Royal Family The Monegasque Princely Family The Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Family The Liechtensteiner Princely Family
Which royal family did each monarch belong to in Britain 1750 -1900?
The current royal family are of German origan. ------------------------- They were all part of the House of Hanover. After Victoria they became the House of Saxe-Coburg.
During World War 1 what was the royal family's surname?
Answer: With the marriage of Victoria to the German prince, Albert, the name of the British royal family became Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Due to anti-German feeling during the First World War, the family name was changed, by royal proclamation, to that of Windsor in 1917. Although the name has changed, the family are still of German origin.
The British Royal Family adopted the name Windsor 1917 on July?
Yes, 17th July 1917. They changed it at the height of the war. On the homefront in Britain, there was despisal towards anything that sounded German. German Shepherd's were changed to Alsatians, and the Royal family changed their name from Mountbatten to Windsor, because it sounded too German.
What did king George v do to cut of the connection with Germany in 1914?
Well, he held many German Regal titles as his grandfather was German. Many members of the British Royal family held titles as well. Also, King George's first cousin was the Emperor of Germany. So, not in 1914, but in 1917, he abandoned the German titles he held, and so did the rest of the British Royal Family. He then cut the Royal house of Britain (then a branch of the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Royal house) off to become its own. He called it the House of Windsor.
