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3 giorni fa · On July 17, 1917, King George V issued a royal proclamation changing the name of his royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor due to anti-German sentiment during World War I.
18 ore fa · Trinity College, Cambridge. Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related ...
3 giorni fa · The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins , who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the Houses ...
2 giorni fa · The French chateau-style property has been the country home of the family since the 15 th century and is surrounded by formal gardens, parkland, farmland and woodland covering over 10,000 acres.
2 giorni fa · The reign of Queen Victoria, despite its length, from 1837 to 1901, was not marked by any great changes in the castle, the most noteworthy being the formation by Blore of a private chapel (to replace that destroyed by Wyatville) in the upper story of the old kitchen gate-house, and of a new grand staircase to the State apartments ...
4 giorni fa · Windsor was first represented in Parliament in 1302, the borough being included for Parliamentary purposes within the liberty of the seven hundreds of Windsor, Cookham and Bray, to the bailiff of which the writs were addressed.
2 giorni fa · The estate of FROGMORE HOUSE in Windsor Park has always belonged to the Crown. In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries it was frequently granted out on long leases. Thus in 1590 Humphrey Michell obtained a lease of the property, which was described as the capital messuage of Frogmore.
