What is the family name of the Queen Elizabeth II?

Question

What is the family name of the Queen Elizabeth II?

Answer 1

Windsor

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oops someone beat me to it!!!

Answer 2

she is from the HOUSE of WINDSOR,originally HOUSE OF HANOVER,but because of WW2 they change it to WINDSOR coz hanover sounds of a GERMAN,

Answer 3

windsor :)

Answer 4

Windsor.  They changed it from Saxe Coburg Gotha when the first world war started.

Answer 5

Drunken-Parasites-living-off-the state,.

Answer 6

it is Windsor

Answer 7

Queen Elizabeth is of The Royal House of Windsor. Philip is of The Royal House of Mountbatten. Royals do not use their surnames,but house names and title names.The Queen's descendants who are not royal and not titled may use the surname of Mountbatten-Windsor.

Here's the official explanation from Buckingham Palace's site at http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page5657....

"People 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."

Of note: Windsor was originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Mountbatten was Schlesweig-

Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.

Answer 8

Windsor.

Incidentally, she is my 4th cousin.

Answer 9

It was Saxe-Coburg but it got changed for propaganda when everthing German sounding changed in WW1. I'm surprised they kept county names like Sussex after the south Saxons etc.

Answer 10

Windsor,

It dates back 100's of years.

Hope this helps x

Answer 11

Windsor, of course!

Answer 12

They changed it to Windsor during the First World War, 1917 to be precise, because it sounded more British.

Their real name is Saxe Coburg Gotha from the German Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha which served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany. German was the main language spoke within the British Royal family until the World Wars.

The present Queen is actually more British than previous 'Windsor' monarchs due to the late Queen Mother being from the Scottish Bowes Lyon family.

Answer 13

Ships only have thing and company names.

Answer 14

You make Americans look bad you know.

Answer 15

She is a member of the House of Windsor

Answer 16

Maud Boggins

Answer 17

it is mountbatten-winsor so i am realiby inforfmed by royal insight websight.

Answer 18

Windsor

Answer 19

Originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, it was changed to Windsor in WWI and then upon her marriage to Prince Philip it became Mountbatten-Windsor