Hidden Facts About Queen Elizabeth's Family Not British
The British royal family is also historically known as the "Viten", which is the mother Germanic family. The seat of the British royal family was and still is the City of London.
The royal family in Britain became a branch of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family through the marriage of Queen Victoria of Britain to Prince Albert, the second son of King Ernst I. The marriage resulted in nine children who became themselves and their grandchildren from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.
The first British ruler of this family was King Edward VII, who ascended the throne in 1901. The ruling family continued to bear this name until 1917, then World War II broke out and Britain was at war with Germany. The family's title had German connotations; This embarrassed her, especially since this period witnessed the growth of British nationalist sentiment against the Germans.
In 1917, a special decree was issued by King George V, according to which the family name became "Windsor", a name that goes back to the name of one of the palaces in which the royal family lived.
The decree also included the right of all individuals of the Queen Victoria is through males, not females, to bear the family title of Windsor, and in 1952, the ordinance was amended to include descendants of Queen Elizabeth II, the current Queen of England, via males as well.
In 1960, the decree was amended again so that the queen's daughters have the right to carry the family title as well, and their sons (ie the Queen's female grandchildren) bear the title "Mountbatten - Windsor", as the title "Mountbatten" is the title of the Queen's husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.