House of Winsdor
House of Winsdor. Their influence on modern society, key personalities. 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:...
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