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The House of Windsor is a British royal house, and currently the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house's name was inspired by the historic Windsor Castle estate.
24 mag 2024 · house of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
28 giu 2017 · The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It remains the family name of the current Royal Family.
The House of Windsor only came into being in 1917, and over the course of the past 100 years or so, it has seen it all: war, constitutional crises,...
- Sarah Roller
Timeline of the British Monarchy. The House of Saxe - Coburg Gotha. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover. King Edward VII 1901 - 1910. Age 60-69.
The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and each of the other Commonwealth realms. It replaces the now-extinct British Branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The first official royal the House of Windsor after his father changed the family name to combat unrest during WWI and remains the shortest reigning monarch of the UK, as unlike Edward V, he was actually coronated and ruled independently.
