increasing the size of electorate by 5080%, and allowing a total of one out of six adult males to vote, in a population of some 14 million. Up to nowadays Queen Victoria was married to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha son of Duke Ernst I of the small German duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her descendants were also members of the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a minor branch of the thousand- year-old House of Wettin. It was Victoria's desire that her son rule as a member of the House of Wettin, instead of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, because she felt the older name would conjure images of the shared Saxon heritage of Germany and England. However, the name Wettin was never widely accepted. Victoria's son, Edward VII, and, in turn, his son, George V, reigned as members of this house.High anti-German sentiment amongst the people of the British Empire during World War I reached a peak in March
People all over the world are obsessed with the British royal family. Most fans know all the royal names and faces, the line of succession to the throne, and even the family's rarely- used last name. But let's start from the beginning. The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The dynasty is of German paternal descent and was originally a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, itself derived from the House of Wettin, which succeeded the House of Hanover to the British monarchy following the death of Queen Victoria, wife of Albert, Prince Consort. The name was changed from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor (from "Windsor Castle"[1]) in 1917 because of anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I.[2] There have been four British monarchs of the house of Windsor to date: three kings and the present queen, Elizabeth II. During the reign of the
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territory in the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, and South East Asia. None of the colonial powers possessed the resources to withstand the strains of both world wars and maintain their direct rule in Asia. Although nationalist movements throughout the colonial world led to the political independence of nearly all of the Asia's remaining colonies, decolonisation was intercepted by the Cold War. *The House of Wettin (kings, centuries) was a dynasty of German counts, dukes, and kings that ruled the area of today's German states for more than 800 years. As Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from the house of Wettin, her descendants were members of the house name of Wettin. Victoria's son, Edward VII, and, in turn, his son, George V, reigned as members of this house. However, high anti-German sentiment amongst the people of the
blessing for 300 million Indians who gained independence The British expansion in Asia Several Malay states were added under british suzerainty and treaties were concluded with many other states under British protection By 1881 as aresult of the British north Borneo Company, the whole of the north-east coast of the islands had passed under british control and continued to be administrated by the Company The House of Wettin Edward VII 20 C The movement for women´s emancipation and suffrage in the 19 C and 20 C The movement for women´s emancipation started in 18 C claiming legal and civil equality for women. In 19 C II half women were given the right to retain separate income after marriage and to possess tjeir own property. They as well could not be treated as chattels of their husbands, women were leagl guardians of thier children after divorce or death of a husband
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