One of his descendants, Queen Victoria, married a German prince, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and changed the family's royal name from Hanover to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Queen Victoria and ...
The newest royal on the continent of Europe has made his debut – and he’s been given a name filled with regal history.
The House of Windsor as we know it today began in 1917 when the family changed its name from the German “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ... after his elder brother Prince Albert Victor died in 1892.
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During the war, the Royal Family changed its surname from 'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' to 'Windsor ... in case he was captured by the German Army. Prince Albert (later King George VI) served in the ...