Is it true the Royal Family is German??

Question

Is it true the Royal Family is German??

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

They are of German descent but then so are most of us in one way or another.

In Italy I am usually though to be a German. To may surprise in Spain I was once thought to be Russian ( No, I wasn't rushan about )

Answer 3

They are as German as sauerkraut.

Jerries to the core.

Their real surname is Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Answer 4

if you want to go way back, it was the scottish king James who took over from elizabeth 1st who had no kids of her own. he was son of mary queen of scots and her second husband also a scot, the obviously through marriage his kids were mixed nationality so it is not just german blood, every nationality will be there somewhere

Answer 5

Yes they are, in fact they are more mongrel than their subjects lol. Check out their lineage on-line it is fascinating!

Answer 6

It is true they are from the house of Hanover and just to think they had that war to keep stop the Germans from ruling the UK what a waste of time that was ;)

Answer 7

JA LOL! Victorias first language was German

Answer 8

The last true German in the Royal family was Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband. Queen Mary was technically a German Princess but was born and brought up in London and considered a member of The British Royal family.

The Queen is more Scottish than anything else as her mother was the daughter of a Scottish Earl and Countess.

Answer 9

Indeed it is true.

Answer 10

yes they are all exept price philip whos greek

Answer 11

Yes it is - at least part German.  They changed their surname at the outbreak of World War 1 because it became very unpopular then in England to be associated with anything German.

The same happened with the GSD - they became known as Alsatians.

Answer 12

The current dynasty is rooted in Germany--Hanover actually; that's why the current dynasty was once called The House of Hanover--from the time of George I.  It is now called  The House of Windsor--the name was changed during World War I to dissociate The House of Hanover  from its German ties.

Answer 13

The last English king of the English people was Harold II of the House of Wessex, and he died in AD 1066, ever since then, the Kingdom of England has been ruled by 'foreigners' - the Norman French under the Houses of Normandy, Blois, Plantagenet, Lancaster & York, the Welsh under the House of Tudor, the Scots under the House of Stuart, the Germans under the Houses of Brunswick (Hanover) & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of the House of Wettin - which changed its name to the House of Windsor in 1917. Upon the death of the present Queen, using patrilineal descent (descent from father to son), the name of the British royal house will be that of her husband, the German-Danish House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg... (which is also the name of the former Greek Royal House) although the name of the Royal Family will continue to be the House of Windsor in law.

So having a ‘foreigner’ upon the English throne is nothing new; some of them have even made good leaders. For all that, I’m a monarchist, and until convinced of a better system for my country will remain one.

Answer 14

Prince Phillip ( Her Maj's husband) is from a german descendant

Answer 15

Yes it is true - they are more German that British x*x

Answer 16

yup they have a german descent from what i know is from the descent of Queen Victoria,but prince philip is a greek duke of edinburgh!!!

Answer 17

and greek

Answer 18

We all descend from different nationalities, DON'T WE??

The House of Windsor i.e. the Queen and her family, can trace their antecedents diectly back to the Hanoverian line of kings who, in turn, are connected with Scottish and Welsh royal families through marriages.

The last ENGLISH regent was Caractacus!!

Answer 19

Yes, somewhere along the line. It explains it on http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page128.a... . Apparently, that's why their surname is Windsor. They previously had a German surname but had to change it during WW2 because obviously the Germans were the enemy at the time. Hope this helps.

Answer 20

Yes

Since George I - Elector of Hanover in the 18th century was made King of England.

All new members of the Royal Family since that time had to be supplied from German stock.

The exception was the wife of George VI who was not the heir to the throne but only became King because his unmarried brother EdwardVIII abdicated to marry an American in 1937.

The husband of the present Queen is an immigrant called Philip who has German ancestry by way of the Greek royal family.

The mould has now been broken with Prince Charles probably because they could not find a german who could bear to marry him.

His first wife,Diana , was the only English girl ever to marry a British Monarch or heir to the throne which is possibly why she felt like an outsider.

Answer 21

Yes, and The Queen Is Dead.

Answer 22

They are German,Norwegian,Danish,Spanish,Italian, Syrian and Jewish

Answer 23

Yes it's true.Were you not taught history at school?

Answer 24

yep queens side is German and Philip is Greek.that's the BRITISH royals for you.

Answer 25

partly. There is German ancestry somewhere along the line, but nobody`s perfect! lol. Queen Victoria`s husband Albert was German. He introduced the German custom of Christmas trees to England.  Britain is made up of a mish mash of many different countries and cultures throughout time. The Romans, Normans, Vikings, etc

Answer 26

During the First World War they decided that their real name didn't exactly fit in with what was going on, and decided to call themselves Windsor. They should really all be known as Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg... FACT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Of_Wi...

Answer 27

Yes - they're also Greek, Danish, Scottish, English, Serbian, and about half a dozen other nationalities.  The royal families of Europe intermarried for so many centuries that assigning a single historic nationality for any of them is impossible.

Answer 28

yes there real name is saxston coberg, it was later changed to windsor.

Answer 29

They are as British as anyone else who was born and raised there.