What It Queen Elizabeth's Last Name?

Question

What It Queen Elizabeth's Last Name?

Answer 1

Ann Mary

Answer 2

Triphazard99 and cfvh have it right.

Answer 3

as you can see with the other two answers you are given the last known assumed names for both Queens.................Windsor   was the name introduced  in 1917as ithad been  Saxe-Coburg Gotha which was seen as to Germanic.......for the reasons look at your history also the Quenn could have taken prince Phillips surname Mountbatten  but again to germanic

The Queen only needed a Surname when she was in the ATS

and the younger royals needed only to use one  when at school or within the armed services...........

unlike Princess Annes children who are Phillips'

Answer 4

Which Elizabeth,1 or ll.

Answer 5

Just to add to all the great information already here.  The Queen decreed some years back that all decendants of hers and Prince Philip's, through the male line, should have the name Windsor-Montbatten to differentiate them from all the other "Windsors".

Answer 6

Windsor.

Answer 7

Tudor.

Answer 8

Triphazard99 is right, Rachelle is wrong. Queen Elizabeth II does not have a surname. See previous questions for details as well.

Answer 9

Windsor.  The whole family is known as the house of Windsor

Answer 10

She doesn't have a surname - although the royal family collectively is known as the House of Windsor.  It is a very common misconception - even Wikipedia gets it wrong.  Think about it this way - her son is Charles, Prince of Wales, so he should be Charles Windsor, but actually he's not, he doesn't need to use a surname either.  His sons, William and Harry use Wales as the family name for school/military reasons, and Beatrice and Eugenie use York since their father is the Duke of York - but it's only a modern nicety, not a real surname as such.  The Queen signs her name Elizabeth Regina... Queen Elizabeth.

Answer 11

Windsor

Answer 12

The Queen does not have a last name,but a ROYAL HOUSE NAME. Her's is The Royal House of Windsor. Originall, Windsor was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha;it was changed by George V during World War I because of anti-German sentiment.London was bombed by 24 twin-engined GOTHA warplanes! The King was not very happy with his German relatives and changed the family name!

Titled royals use their title names as well.

Here is the official explanation from http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page5657....

"eople often ask whether members of the Royal Family have a surname, and, if so, what it is.

The situation of members of the Royal Family is more complex than for most people, as they can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same.

Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged.

Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day.

The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family (for example, Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch through females (for example, Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the Stuarts, George I and the Hanoverians).

Just as children can take their surnames from their father, so sovereigns normally take the name of their 'House' from their father. For this reason, Queen Victoria's eldest son Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (the family name of his father Prince Albert). Edward VII's son George V became the second king of that dynasty when he succeeded to the throne in 1910.

In 1917, there was a radical change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War, and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of the same name.

At a meeting of the Privy Council on 17 July 1917, George V declared that 'all descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria, who are subjects of these realms, other than female descendants who marry or who have married, shall bear the name of Windsor'.      

            

The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided that they would like their own direct descendants to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal Family (without changing the name of the Royal House), as Windsor is the surname used by all the male and unmarried female descendants of George V.

It was therefore declared in the Privy Council that The Queen's descendants, other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry, would carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.

This reflected Prince Philip's surname. In 1947, when Prince Philip of Greece became naturalised, he assumed the name of Philip Mountbatten as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

The effect of the declaration was that all The Queen's children, on occasions when they needed a surname, would have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

For the most part, members of the Royal Family who are entitled to the style and dignity of HRH Prince or Princess do not need a surname, but if at any time any of them do need a surname (such as upon marriage), that surname is Mountbatten-Windsor.

The surname Mountbatten-Windsor first appeared on an official document on 14 November 1973, in the marriage register at Westminster Abbey for the marriage of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.

A proclamation on the Royal Family name by the reigning monarch is not statutory; unlike an Act of Parliament, it does not pass into the law of the land. Such a proclamation is not binding on succeeding reigning sovereigns, nor does it set a precedent which must be followed by reigning sovereigns who come after.

Unless The Prince of Wales chooses to alter the present decisions when he becomes king, he will continue to be of the House of Windsor and his grandchildren will use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor."

Answer 13

Queen Elizabeth I's last name was Tudor, therefore, she ruled from the House of Tudor. The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tewdwr) was an English royal dynasty that lasted 118 years, beginning in 1485. It was founded by Henry Tudor, who, of his patrilineage, was a grandson of the mere Welsh courtier Owen Tudor—but who, after years of engaging and surviving the horrific political battles of England's civil Wars of the Roses, triumphed, and acceded to the English throne as Henry.

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

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

Note: If you're really referring to the current Queen Elizabeth II, her personal surname is "Windsor." The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms.

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