How did the British royal family become royal?

Question

How did the British royal family become royal?

Answer 1

i agree with amy, william the conquerer came from Normandy and took the throne of England "at the tip of a knife".

his decendants took wales and Ireland in a same way. but crown of Edinbourgh they claimed by a more peacefull way, and help of beauty and charm!

but commonly Royal blood is producted by force of a keen sword. the sharper, more Royal!!

Answer 2

"They took it. At the tip of a knife."

Sorry, I tend to refer to A Knight's Tale alot.

:)

but who knows, maybe they did...

Answer 3

They're not even British, they're German, the British Queen, Elizabeth Saxe Coburg-Gotha is more German than British. They became royal because they are descended from William the Conquerer, who was French, they then spent years inter-marrying with all the other royal families in Europe, to keep it "pure".

Answer 4

Perhaps one of their ancestors were made king and appointed as the leader after performing some victorious heroic deed?

Answer 5

The Windsors are officially the sixth Royal family in English history.

The Normans conquered England under William the Conqueror. Their four generations on the throne produced a lot of infighting and uncertainty, and eventually King Henry's daughter Matilda married a noble called Plantagenet and made a deal with King Stephen to put the Plantagenet's son on the throne.

The Plantagenet line lasted through 14 rulers until the long running Wars of the Roses which finally ended when Henry Tudor killed Richard III in battle and took the throne.

There were six Tudor monarchs, including the famous Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. When Elizabeth died without an heir, James Stuart, the King of Scotland, was made king of England as well.

After a slight hiccup of parliamentary revolution when there was no king, the Stuart line ended with the death of Queen Anne, after which the law was changed so that only protestants could hold the throne. Because of this law, the throne bypassed it's 51 most credible claimants and was given to George of Hanover, who was 52nd in line.

Queen Victoria was the last official member of the Hanover line, because she married the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and her son Edward VII was considered a Saxe-Coburg king.

During the first world war, King George V decided Saxe-Coburg sounded too german, so he renamed the line Windsor, as it is still called today.

Answer 6

England used to be comprised of lots of small prince and duke doms after the Romans pulled out. The was no law and order.They were all brought together as one kingdom by Athelstan in 927, although both Kings Offa of Mercia and Egbert of Wessex  used the title King of England.After Edmund Ironside, Canute suceeded him and began the House of Denmark.Harthacanute was the last king of that house, before the House of Wessex was restored by Saint Edward the Confessor.Edgar the Atheling was the last Wessex king, the Normons invaded and William I the Conqueror started the house of Normandy.Matilda was the last ruler of that house, her son Henry II would start the House of Plantagenet. Richard II was the last king. Then Henry IV became king he was the grandson of Edward III, the House of Lancaster was started. The house of York's first king was Edward IV the last was Richard III. Henry VII started the House of Tudor and became king when he married the daughter of Edward IV,and took the throne by force.Elizabeth I was the last ruler of this house and here Scotland and England merged with the new King James I of Scotland, son of Elizabeth I's cousin Mary Queen of Scots.Charles I was executed and the royal family was exiled the country was ruled by a parliament until the restoration of the house of Stuart by Charles II.

The Hanoverian succession came about as a result of the Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament.

George I was the first king and Victoria was the last ruler of this house.

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha had only one king Edward VII.

The house name Windsor was adopted in 1917, during the First World War. It was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of wartime anti-German sentiment.George V was the first king of that house and today's Queen is the present ruler.

In some way even if it was distant all the the royal families are related by blood or marriage.

Answer 7

Usurpation pure and simple. They set themselves up as kings with the help of a bunch of traitorous nobles after ousting the legitimate sovereigns through armed revolt.