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The Queen decided to revert to her grandfather’s name and so, at a meeting of the Privy Council at Clarence House on 9 April 1952, she declared that she and her children would be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor and her descendants – other than female descendants who marry and their descendants – would bear the name of Windsor (Gazette issue 39513, page 2013).
1277 Edward I (1272-1307) made the town a free borough. 14th century Edward II (1327-77) turned the fortification into a royal residence. 1440 Henry VI (1422-61) founded Eton College. 1475 Edward IV (1461-83) began St George’s Chapel. 1597 Shakespeare wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The name Windsor is the family name of the current British royal family. For hundreds of years, Britain’s kings and queens did not have surnames as most people do. Instead, they were known by their first names only, and by the families, or houses, of monarchs that they belonged to. This was a pattern that lasted until 1917, when King George V ...
2017 was the 100th anniversary of the House of Windsor. It was founded by Charles' great-grandfather King George V on 17th July 1917. His eldest son Prince William , who is next in line to the throne, married Catherine (Kate) Middleton in Westminster Abbey on 29th April 2011.
George VI died from a coronary thrombosis on 6th February 1952 at Sandringham House in Norfolk. After his funeral, he was interred in St George’s Chapel, Windsor, where he was joined in 2002 by his wife, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The ashes of his daughter, Princess Margaret, were also interred in the Chapel after her death in 2002. 1952.
The House of Saud ( Arabic: آل سُعُود, romanized : ʾĀl Suʿūd IPA: [ʔaːl sʊʕuːd]) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the family is ...
Explore the history and genealogy of the British royal family with this interactive chart of the House of Windsor.
