Why did the house change after Queen Victoria?

Question

I don't understand, she had 9 children or something. Why did she finished her house?

How do a house change?

Answer 1

Royal house names in Europe were generally taken from the father; in cases where a Queen regnant married a prince of another house, their children (and therefore subsequent monarchs) belonged to his house. Thus Queen Victoria belonged to the House of Hanover, but her male-line descendants belong to the house of her husband Albert, which is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The name was changed to Windsor in 1917.

By virtue of Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 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. Victoria's son Edward VII and his son George V reigned as members of this house.

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. 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.

Note: The current royal house is Windsor, however, by virtue of Queen Elizabeth II's marriage to Prince Philip Mountbatten, her descendants are technically members of the House of Mountbatten. Therefore, the official surname of the royal family is "Mounbatten-Windsor" which are used by her descendants. It has been announced that when Prince Charles ascends the throne, he will officially change the House of Windsor to "House of Mountbatten-Windsor."

Answer 2

The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover.



A prince is enough to change the name of a house.

Answer 3

what House?

Answer 4

Are you referring to the Royal House Name?

Victoria was of The Royal House of Hanover. Her son, Edward VI,changed the name to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha upon his reign,because that was his father AND mother's names;here is the official explanation from Buckingham Palace's website at http://www.royal.gov/uk

"The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of  Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover.

The only British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was King Edward VII, who reigned for nine years at the beginning of the modern age in the early years of the twentieth century.

King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha survived in other European monarchies, including the current Belgian Royal Family and the former monarchies of Portugal and Bulgaria. "

A House name is changed by the monarch.George V changed the Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English-sounding name of Windsor during World War I,right after the bombing of London by 24 double-engined GOTHA warplanes.

Elizabeth II has chosen to stay with the solitary name of Windsor eventhough she married Philip.She remains Windsor while Philip is Mountbatten;any untitled family members who need a surname may use Mountbatten-Windsor,but as to the reigning House Name,it remains Windsor.

Answer 5

Queen Victoria was succeeded by her eldest son as Edward VII (the King on the cigar box).  The house didn't change--only the name.  She was a 19th century married woman, and her children naturally took their father's name.  Her grandson George V then (during WWI) changed the name from the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the solid English Windsor,

Answer 6

The house didn't change.  only the name.  It WAS Saxe-Coburg-Gothe-Battenburg (something like that) but totally German sounding, and during WWI, George V decided it would be better to break the bond with Germany (the enemy of Britain at the time), at least in the mind of the populace, so he renamed the family, officially, after their home, Windsor Castle.  This is why you will notice so many people referring to the Queen as a German.  Because the Royal Family has its roots so deep in Germany...sort of.

Victoria's whole family (the men) were German, and Albert was German, so, everyone associates the German name, etc., with German roots.  Never mind that all the queens after Victoria were British nobility nor that all, including Victoria, were born in Britain.