Is there a difference between the German race versus the Anglo-Saxon race? and ...?

Question

(1) Is there a difference between the German race versus the Anglo-Saxon race? (2) And would English people mind being ruled by a German monarchy?

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Answer 1

We were/are ruled by a German monarchy - George I was German, and inherited the British throne from his second cousin queen Anne. Since then all our monarchs have been descended from George. Indeed after Victoria's marriage to Albert until the first world war our monarch's surname was the not-very-english Saxe Coburg Gotha.

Unless you are being very specific there isn't really a difference between Anglo-Saxon and German, they are both Germanic; although there were a lot more tribes in Germany than just the Angles and Saxons who were just from Northern Germany.

Answer 2

Where have you been for the last three hundred years?

England has been ruled by a German monarchy since George I , Elector of Hanover.

The present royal family is a direct descendant of this having always married German spouses since then with the exception of George VI who was not the heir to the throne when he got married.

THe population of the USA in the 1940s was one third of German descent.

Answer 3

I don't believe so, and yes, being of English descent, I would mind being ruled by a German Monarchy! Infact, the Aussies have it, cheers.

Answer 4

The English are in fact currently ruled by the house of deSaxeburg Gotha, who are Germans from Hannover.

The Angles and Saxons were Germanic tribes that settled parts of England by invitation from the ancient Britons (Celts etc) to help defend them from the northern invaders...and the "Anglo-Saxon" peoples proceeded to take over.

Germanic and German are not directly equivalent.

Answer 5

Germans are not a race, anglo-saxon are not a race.

Blacks, chinese, whites are a race.

so the difference you are referring are not and their is no difference.

Answer 6

The German race is the Aryan race.

Saxons were a tribe in Germany; Anglos is a reference to people from England.

The royal houses from both countries have ruled each other, over the centuries.

See the House of Hanover link below.