What was the windsor families name before they came the windsors as in the English Monarchy?

Question

What was the windsor families name before they came the windsors as in the English Monarchy?

Answer 1

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was Prince Albert's name.  As a previous responder said, King George V (Prince Albert's grandson) changed it during WWI  because it was German.

Answer 2

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha  is the answer i think

Answer 3

I think it was a German name, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha I think it was, it was changed during World War I.

Answer 4

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Answer 5

Saxe- Coburg- Gotha- Filthy- Hun- Barstewards

Answer 6

Nobody knows.  It is unknown.  They had no need for last names.  They only had a need for first names.  You know?  'K.  I will tell you why.  They are well known!  No need!

Answer 7

Before Anglicizing their name to Windsor in 1917 due to anti-German sentiment at the time, their family name was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.   Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was the name introduced into the British Royal Family by Queen Victoria's husband Albert.

Answer 8

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.  

Windsor was adopted in 1917 during WW1 because of anti-German sentiment

Answer 9

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is the actual name of the British Royal Family, who had his and his family's last name changed to Windsor during WWI by King George V, who wanted to cover up his family's German heritage because he believed that being German would make them despised in Great Britain and that they would not be trusted by the British citizens.

The Royal Family does not have much of a need for a last name as they are the highest up officials in their country, everyone knows who they are, and they are the government. Last names are used as a means of government identification. If someone breaks the law, they need to know that person's last name because they do not want to be chasing after millions of Johns who have no last name. The Queen has immunity from many crimes, including being immune from being charged with inside trading in the stock market, etc.;she can technically walk down the street in London and gun down someone she does not like and she will not be charged.

Answer 10

Prior to 1917, the Royal Family were known as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.  The name was changed from the German-rooted name to Windsor due to World War I by King George V.

Answer 11

The House of Windsor is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin. By virtue of Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert, son of Duke Ernst I of the small German duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, her descendants were members of the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with the house name of Wettin. However, high anti-German feeling among the people during World War I prompted the Royal Family to abandon all titles held under the German crown and to change German-sounding titles and house names for English-sounding versions from Wettin to Windsor.

On 17 July, 1917, a royal proclamation by George V provided that all agnatic descendants of Queen Victoria would be members of the House of Windsor with the personal surname of Windsor. The name Windsor has a long association with English royalty through the town of Windsor and Windsor Castle.

On 8 February 1960, the Queen confirmed that she and her descendants will be known as the House and Family of Windsor, and further provided that their personal surname, whenever one should be needed, is "Mountbatten-Windsor". Mountbatten is the surname adopted by Prince Philip before his marriage, an anglicisation of his mother's family name of Battenberg. If the current Prince of Wales accedes to the throne, he could change the name of the royal house to "Mountbatten" in honour of his father.