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Windsor (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)


  • [The House of Windsor is the royal house of the United Kingdom. The dynasty includes Edward VII (reigned 1901-1910), George V (1910-1936), Edward VIII (1936), George VI (1936-1952), Elizabeth II (1952-2022), and Charles III (2022- ). It was founded by King George V on 17 July 1917 when he changed the name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor because of anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom during World War I.]
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    • House of Windsor (1917- : Great Britain)
    • 溫莎 (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • Wensha (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • 溫莎王朝 (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Wensha wang chao (1917- : Great Britain)
    • 윈저 (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • Winjŏ (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • 윈저가 (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Winjŏga (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Οίκος του Ουίνδσορ (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Oikos tou Ouindsor (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Ουίνδσορ (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • Ouindsor (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • ווינדזאר (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • Ṿindzor (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • ווינדזאר הויז (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Ṿindzor hoyz (1917- : Great Britain)
    • וינדזור (Royal house : 1917- : Great Britain)
    • בית וינדזור (1917- : Great Britain)
    • Bet Ṿindzor (1917- : Great Britain)
  • Additional Information

    • Associated Locale

        Great Britain
    • Descriptor

        Royal houses
    • Descriptor

        (aat) Dynastieshttp://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300386176
    • Associated Language

        English
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          • Sources

            • found: The ultimate family, 2013:title page (House of Windsor)
            • found: Wikipedia, 7 April 2016:House of Windsor (it is the royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, it was founded by King George V on 17 July 1917 when he changed the name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor)
            • found: The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, via English monarchs website, February 30, 2020(The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 the royal house took the Germanic surname of her consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King Edward VII, who reigned until 1910, was to become the only sovereign of that dynasty to reign in Britain; At the height of World War I, when German xenophobia had reached boiling point, Edward VII's son, King George V (1910-1936) changed the family name to the more English sounding House of Windsor)
            • found: Wikipedia, February 30, 2020(House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; German dynasty that ruled Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Agnatic branches currently reign in Belgium--the descendants of Leopold I--and in the United Kingdom--the descendants of Albert, Prince Consort. In 1917, the first World War caused George V to change from "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" to the House of Windsor in the United Kingdom)
            • found: The royal family, viewed online on September 12, 2022:post "Announcement of the death of the Queen" ([Elizabeth] died this afternoon [September 8, 2022]) - https://www.royal.uk/announcement-death-queen
            • found: Wikipedia, April 15, 2024(House of Windsor) Chinese version (溫莎王朝 = Wensha wang chao) Korean version (윈저가 = Winjŏga) Greek version (Οίκος του Ουίνδσορ = Oikos tou Ouindsor) Yiddish version (ווינדזאר הויז = Ṿindzor hoyz) Hebrew version (בית וינדזור = Bet Ṿindzor)
          • General Notes

            • [The House of Windsor is the royal house of the United Kingdom. The dynasty includes Edward VII (reigned 1901-1910), George V (1910-1936), Edward VIII (1936), George VI (1936-1952), Elizabeth II (1952-2022), and Charles III (2022- ). It was founded by King George V on 17 July 1917 when he changed the name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor because of anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom during World War I.]
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          • Change Notes

            • 2016-04-07: new
            • 2024-04-17: revised
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