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The House of Windsor is the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.The house's name was inspired by the historic Windsor Castle estate. The house was founded on 17 July 1917, when King George V changed the name of the royal house from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War.
The House of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms, includes the male-line descendants of Queen Victoria who are subjects of the Crown (1917 Order-in-Council) [1] and the male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II (1952 Order-in-Council). [2]
See Family tree of English monarchs, Family tree of Scottish monarchs, and Family tree of Welsh monarchs. This also includes England, Scotland and Wales; all part of the United Kingdom as well as the French Norman invasion. For a simplified view, see: Family tree of British monarchs.
No family tree is cooler than that of the British royal family. ... Their son James has the title Viscount Severn and their daughter is Lady Louise Windsor. Princess Royal is the title given to a ...
Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By virtue of his being male, from the moment ...
The royal family lost its matriarch when Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8, 2022, however, the branches of the Windsor family tree have grown quickly in recent years, even as the family has faced ...
House of Stewart: Edward III 1312–1377 King of England r. 1327–1377: Joan of the Tower 1321–1362: David II 1324–1371 King of Scots r. 1329–1371: Robert II 1316–1390 King of Scots r. 1371–1390: House of Lancaster: House of York: Edward of Woodstock 1330–1376 The Black Prince: John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster: Lionel of ...
The House of Windsor as we know it today began in 1917 when the family changed its name from the German “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.” King Charles's great-grandfather, King George V, was the first ...