Nicholas II was married to Alexandra Fedorovna, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, but not only that. We take a closer look at the Windsor-Romanov relations. In 1917, the British king George V ...

Originally, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ruled instead, but the name was changed under the rule of King George V during World War I to Windsor in order to avoid anti-German sentiment.

Before the House of Windsor took the throne, the same royal house had actually been known by a different name - Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The name was changed to Windsor by King George V to reflect the ...

But the House of Windsor was formerly called the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. And, before the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Britain was ruled by the house of Hanover. Find out below the history of ...

brother of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, togeher with the Duke of Connaught's son. Prince Arthur, have renounced their claims to the Coburg succession in favor of the Duke of Albany ...

The House of Windsor formed in 1917 after swapping names from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The royal house has produced five monarchs including the late Queen and our current King ...

Since its founding, Belgium has been ruled by a constitutional monarchy, initially hailing from the House of Saxe-Coburg, this was changed to the House of Belgium in 1920. Although a ...

Next to go, Buckingham Palace feared, would be the House of Windsor (as the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was hurriedly renamed in 1917 when London was being pounded by the Kaiser’s Gotha bombers).

The royals changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917 ... not only as the name of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The family name was changed ...