Before George V picked Windsor, the royals were going by the "House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha." He switched it up due to anti-German sentiment following World War I (specifically after an aircraft ...

COBURG, Aug. 28 -- The body of Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. who died at the castle of Reinhardsbrunn at about midnight Wednesday last, was brought to this city to-day and interred in 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 ...

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 ...

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).

After Queen Victoria of the House of Hanover married Prince Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, in 1840, their children, including the future King Edward VII, adopted their father’s House ...

Here is an overview of the Windsors' deep German roots. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha If not for World War I, the British royal family would still go by a German name. The House of Saxe-Coburg ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, if things had been different, the United Kingdom might have been ruled by the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Let’s go way back to the time when the British Empire was ruled by Queen ...