The Origins of the Windsors Explained

It's often said that the British Royal Family "is actually German". In this video I've tried to find out more exactly where the House of Windsor has its roots, tracing the history of the family over the course of more than 1,000 years.
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[@kingsandthings]

Some extra info: Princess Charlotte actually sat for the portrait shown at 12:10 in the very last days before she died. Leopold's daughter in his second marriage was named Charlotte after her, and went on to become Empress of Mexico. His eldest son was the infamous King Leopold II.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

It might also be interesting to note that, although the younger Charlotte lived a very long life, she too would die childless at the age of 86 in 1927

[@shehannanayakkara4162]

@@Edmonton-of2ec Tbf she became a widow at the age of 27 when her only husband was executed by the Mexicans who wanted to restore the republic.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@shehannanayakkara4162 Well yeah but they’d been married for 10 years before he died. Plenty of time to have at least one kid if they were capable of doing so.

[@Valhalla88888]

Question why do you say Queen of England? Last Queen of England was Elizabeth 1st daughter of Henry viii correct or are you American just not checking details? Also was not George 1st of Great Britain not related to the Scottish monarchy as in the House of Stuart Seems your going in circles trying to say our Royal Family is pure German?

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

@@Valhalla88888 Actually the last Queen of England was Queen Anne. Not Elizabeth I.

[@untruelie2640]

As someone who is very familiar with the history of the House of Wettin (I'm from Saxony, so it's part of my local history), I appreciate that you covered a part of it in this video. I think it deserves to be noticed more. Everyone talks about the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollerns, but the House of Wettin was also quite important in european history. Just a small correction: The name is pronounced "WettIHN", with a long i and the emphasis on the second syllable. It's an understandable error, since this is a regional pecularity in eastern and northeastern Germany, where many placenames originate in the old slavic language. Many Germans from other regions also get this wrong. Another example for this is the "-ow" ending which is normally pronounced as "off" in German (like in russian names as an equivalent to the english "ov"), but in this regional placename context only signifies a long O. So "Wittow" is pronounced "Wittoh" and not "Wittoff". (Also, Gotha is pronounced "Gota", the H is silent, since there is no english th in German)

[@nullifye7816]

The Swedish (I think?) accent can be annoying since you expect the German names to be pronounced correctly, but no such luck :P

[@kingsandthings]

Absolutely, it was very interesting to learn more about them. I was aware of the German pronunciation of "Wettin" (although I didn't know that it was regional), but I thought I'd say it in a way that sounds more natural in English, kind of like Berlinn instead of Berliin. I admit that I'm pretty inconsistent with my pronunciations though, so I'm sorry if that's a bit annoying. 😅

[@untruelie2640]

@@nullifye7816 I think the swedish accent sounds rather nice. :)

[@untruelie2640]

@@kingsandthings It's not annoying. I understand your choice, since this is a video aimed at an english audience. :) (And I hope my nitpicking is not too annoying in turn 😅)

[@kingsandthings]

@@untruelie2640 No worries. Thanks for the context of the pronunciation :)

[@Dwumper]

Very good video that illustrates the surprising twists and turns of history. A 10th century minor nobleman founds a house that, despite tumultuous periods and eras where it seems to be sliding towards complete irrelevance, ends up ruling the largest empire that ever existed.

[@freelancepear87kakkoka11]

this is some of the best history content on youtube! i especially love the art you use in your videos, such fine pieces with beautiful music and you narration really soothes the mind.

[@jefferyhanderson7849]

Sometimes, I think the History of Europe is also the History of European Nobles and their Marriages.

[@TheWazzoGames]

Maybe just the history of Austria

[@jefferyhanderson7849]

@@TheWazzoGames They once ruled almost the entirety of Western Europe. So... yeah. You can say that the History of Habsburgs are a significant part of European history.

[@jefferyhanderson7849]

@@TheWazzoGames But again, significant marriages lead to significant events, allies, and people from happening. And it lead to another significant marriages, and so on.

[@seanisnotjohn]

@@jefferyhanderson7849 It also lead to Charles II of Spain

[@b1crusade384]

They are inbred. So they are the same.

[@shamsalfarabi6107]

King Charles III of the United Kingdom is a patrilineal member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg which is the current royal house of Denmark. Charles' father was the grandson of King George I of Greece, who himself was the son of King Christian IX of Denmark.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Richtig

[@chriskershaw7968]

Exactly, thus the current ruling house of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; Glücksburg for short - or one might as well say House of Oldenburg and be done with it. ^^

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Na und. So ist es. Meine lieben cousins... Bitte keinen neuen politischen hass.....we know better....bitte frieden.....we love dorgies....war was das wort....ich bon Dackel und Scotty frauchen. Hansi und geogie....

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Now we add the Raglands. From.georgia USA......

[@Francis-qu2iu]

It's worthy to note his father considered himself a part of the House of Mountbatten (branch of the House of Hesse)

[@JYCrazy1]

Just discovered your channel, this was genuinely fascinating! I love your style and delivery, very digestible.

[@Suz-e-K]

Very interesting. Lovely presentation, including the graphics, music, and narration. Its evident that much time and effort was put into this. Well done!

[@sirwelch9991]

I think it is important that people know how it all started. Therefore it is great that you have given the reminder.

[@XRos28]

Very interesting and informative history lesson. Thank you for being so thorough, I've learned a lot.

[@DigitalMangoShake]

As it stands, the House of Windsor is now currently as a cadet branch of the Danish and Greek Royal Houses because of Prince Philip

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Ach ja. Buy die Griechen. Auch viel deutsch. Oooh. The terrible. Gerrmans

[@DigitalMangoShake]

@@dagmarvandoren9364 What's terrible about the Germans? The House is technically Greek and Denmark but the House of Windsor is very German. After all, QEII and Prince Philip are both descendants of Victoria and Albert. Victoria and Albert are from prominent German Houses.

[@mimamo]

I mean, they can change their name, but they are in fact still descendant from a German noble dynasty.

[@theon9575]

Except that, since the marriage of Phillip to Elizabeth, patrilineally they are now descendants of the Danish and formerly Greek royal family. And, had Queen Elizabeth not refused to take on her husband's name as Queen Victoria did, the new dynasty of Mountbatten would have been established. A quick name change can , it seems, change the whole idea of "dynasty" 😂

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Naturlich....als deutsche. Schon. Nicht?

[@glory4645]

Diana was fully English if I'm not wrong, so prince William and little George are more English then rest of them and as someone said they did not become king's ang queen's because they are German but because they are connected with William the Conqueror.

[@SandraBonney]

No one talks about who how or why they first became British. There seems to be missing information. At what point did there become a void or vacancy that was from the Tudor line?

[@theon9575]

@@glory4645 quite right, and I loved the way Princess Diana used to refer to her in-laws as "those Germans" 😂. Even William the Conquerer wasn't English. As his moniker suggests, he came from Normandy, France, and conquered the English kings. Innit?

[@davidluciemable3778]

I just subscribed! I always wanted to know how these dynasties came to be, and watching this video is a lot easier than reading tons of Wikipedia articles!

[@georgosdidymus2023]

Very informative video about the history of the Wettins. In reality, The Sa-Co-Go ruled Britain from 1901 to 2022, 121 years. Regarding the current British Royal succession, but for some disruptive events of history, King Charles III would be known as a monarch of the House of Glucksburg.

[@davidluciemable3778]

Oh, I guess that’s right! I tend to forget that Prince Philip’s house was Glucksburg, and not Mountbatten.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

It’s also interesting to note this not the first attempt of the House of Oldenburg (of which the Glücksburgs are just one branch) to place itself on the British throne that was actually a success. They would’ve done so if any of Queen Anne’s children survived since her husband was a Danish prince, but since none of them did, the Oldenburgs had to wait another 300 years for their time

[@georgiasutton7797]

@@davidluciemable3778 wasn’t Mountbatten there uncles name??

[@georgosdidymus2023]

@@Edmonton-of2ec yes I noted that in one of the royal family tree videos on youtube

[@FranklinRichards.]

Thanks for posting this! So interesting. Love hearing about german history.

[@134343]

Happy to see that your channel is picking up.

[@BlameThande]

Fascinating to hear about the Wettin side for once, I had assumed you were going to talk about the Guelphs and the House of Hanover. I do like the irony in the latter case that a family who gave their name to the pro-Pope cause in the Guelph vs Ghibelline fight in mediaeval Italy ended up being picked as Parliament's choice for "anyone but a Catholic" succession centuries later.

[@florian8599]

Well, but only because George I was the eldest son of Sophia of Hanover, the eldest daughter of James' VI eldest daughter Elizabeth Stuart and Elector Palatinate (in exile) Frederick V AKA The Winter King of Bohemia. And was not Catholic. Fun fact: Sophia's sister, Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate, was a skilled painter and engraver. And became a nun (later abbess) in France after her conversion to Catholicism. Sophia and Louise were also aunts of Liselotte of the Palatinate, who married Louis XIV brother, Philippe Duke of Orleans. After Liselottes brother, the Elector Palatine Charles II, died without issue and the Electorate fell to the Catholic (since 1615) Neuburg line of the Palatine Wittelsbachs, Louis XIV used that as pretext for the Nine Years War.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

The Ghibelline (Waibligen) side was also Catholic of course, but they simply opposed the Pope in the struggles between Pope and Emperor. This was about politics, not religion.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

For anyone wondering, the Schmalkaldic League was named after the town it was founded in, Schmalkalden, inside of the Princely County of Henneberg. Funny enough, the land has never actually been ruled by the Wettins. After the end of the Henneberg family, the lands around Schmalkalden fell to the House of Hesse-Kassel, before it was annexed by Prussia in 1868.

[@henriklarsson5221]

They sound like the Lannisters, nestling themselves into every Royal house in Westeros/Europe... until they are Royals themselves.

[@qasimbutt9365]

Beautifully explained, I specially loved the castles shown in the video, these were just awe ❤

[@Stop4MotionMakr]

Can we please get a playlist of all the music used in your video? What an incredible selection.

[@micahistory]

Man, this is such an amazing video as usual! I always love the images, music and narration and on top of that the topic is really cool

[@micahistory]

@Ella Lee so one mispronounciation ruins the video for you?

[@micahistory]

@Ella Lee well firstly i highly doubt you are a royal but even if you are, Gotha is not even an English word so give the man a break.

[@micahistory]

@Ella Lee lmao, you are bullying him for mispronouncing a single word and then call me a bully for telling you to chill. Also why should i believe a random internet person is royalty.

[@micahistory]

I actually learned all about this when I made my series on the ancestors of Queen Elizabeth. Very interesting

[@Zveebo]

Wonderful video - although I watch and read a lot about British history, I had no idea of the background of this house!

[@hapa7791]

Windsor was only Wettin because they adopted Prince Albert’s House name but now their paternal bloodline has shifted to the Royal House of Denmark. King Charles did not became king because of his German or Denmark origin but because that one drop of English blood directly traced back to William the Conqueror and Alfred the Great.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

He also has a mix of British ancestry thanks to his maternal grandmother, the late Queen Mother. She was a member of the Scottish aristocracy and had basically no genetically significant ancestry from outside the British Isles. Might not be of significance for Charles being on the throne, but it does make him more British

[@noelchignell1048]

Well William the Conquerer wasn't very english as he the Duke of Normandy (The Land of the Northmen i.e: Vikings) and was descend from the Norwegian viking chief Rollo 1st Duke of Normandy

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@user-hg5ng3eb9n actually the Queen Mother had some Dutch ancestry on her mother's side and if you traced the Lyon family tree back far enough you would find that they originated in France

[@susanletissier9729]

The Queen Mother also had some family connection to the Scottish Royal Family!

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@susanletissier9729 yes she was descended from Robert the Bruce and also from the Tudors

[@NR-rv8rz]

It's a pity that the sweet nature of Leopold I of Belgium wasn't passed down to his son and successor King Leopold II. Who, by all accounts was unimaginably cruel to the African people he ruled over.

[@Kevin_Beach]

The descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Price Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, including the new king, Charles III, have the combined surname MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR.

[@georgiasutton7797]

Charles doesn’t have a last name neither does will or any of his kids.

[@selmahare]

When in actuality their real name is Mountbatten - Saxe Coburg Gotha. I was today year's old when I found out about all of this as a late teen. It's so tricky that they got away with changing their name, so as to make the British public forget that they are mostly German. Only princess Diana's family, the Spencers, have more claim to the British throne, than this family will ever have. But people enjoy the fakery and the puppetry show, so let them have their bread and games.

[@jebediahgentry7029]

If not for Queen Victoria taling her husband's name and then George V changing that name to Windsor, they would still be the Hanoverians

[@markanthonyrosalesbarrient4355]

Tsar Nicholas II and King George V nearly look like identical twins.

[@kenjacoby7404]

They are 1st cousins...both grandsons of Queen Victoria...

[@billcipherproductions1789]

@@kenjacoby7404 Nicholas II isn’t a direct descendent of Queen Victoria. He was her grandson-in-law. George V of the UK is related to him because their mothers were sisters.

[@kenjacoby7404]

@@billcipherproductions1789 ... oh, ok. Thanks for correcting me. I misunderstood the family relationship.

[@scronx]

Fascinating -- museum quality work.

[@nomanor7987]

Is it really true the Belgium royals are also of Saxe-Coburg Gotha too?

[@BlameThande]

Yes, Leopold I of Belgium, the first monarch of independent Belgium, was the uncle of Prince Albert.

[@nomanor7987]

@@BlameThande so Belgium’s Royal family can adopt the Windsor surname as well?

[@thwb4661]

@@nomanor7987 i dont think that’s possible because Windsor name was created by the British Line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They created a cadet branch not merely renaming it.

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

@@BlameThande Not only that, Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent is also a Saxe-Coburg and a sister of Leopold, making Albert and Victoria 1st cousin.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@nomanor7987 no the Belgian Royal family changed its name to House of Belguim

[@johannes9653]

The House of GLUCKSBURG or Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg is the ruling house when Charles ascended the throne

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

So many great grandparents and cousins....thanks for the video 👍

[@djstonedog]

It sure helped that the men in that dynasty, especially pre-Victorian era, were all extremely good looking thus making it much easier to marry them into other dynasties

[@sheilanixon913]

The ancestry of King Charles means that he belongs to the House of Olden burg-- the sub - branch Charles belongs to through his father Prince Philip is the House of Glucksburg, which the Danish,Greek and Norwegian Royal Families belong to. The Queen belongs to the German House of Saxe Coburg Gotha , through her great , great grandfather , Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. The Belgian and Netherlands Royals also belong to the House of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The Netherlands King's surname is Friso. George 5th adopted the Surname Windsor in 1917 when England was at war with germany. Crown Prince Frederik really belongs to the Monpezat family of France, who were only en-nobled in 1860 The Head olf the Glucks burg House is now Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece . Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is also a member of the House of Glucksburg and will hand this family name on to his son . The legal descendant of the Royal House of Stuart through the Spencer Family is Charles Spencer , the brother of Princess Diana

[@pedanticradiator1491]

The Spencers are descended from the Stuarts by at least 2 illigetimate lines this not make them the legal heirs of the House of Stuart. The current senior Stuart or Jacobite heir is Duke Franz of Bavaria. Crown Prince Pavlov is only head of the Greek branch of the House of Glucksburg the actual head of the House and also of the extended House of Oldenburg is Prince Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg

[@pedanticradiator1491]

The Dutch monarchy is not part of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

[@Doosteroni]

Another great video dude!

[@splinterborn]

Every European Royal Line has German Blood.

[@elliot4013]

My favorite videos on KZbin

[@jackknife1796]

Queeny being the top g "this is my family now"

[@TheTexasTyrant323]

Only if she comes and gets it

[@nathanfleischman9856]

I think the House of Oldenburg which Charles III technically is part of should be next, followed by the House of Grimaldi and the House of Hohenzollern.

[@LWJCarroll]

Thanks, this was very interesting and convoluted…. Laurie. New Zealand

[@NickTeran17]

Just stumbled upon your channel and really enjoy the videos, not gonna lie at first you sounded alot like Lemmino

[@mikesaunders4775]

A very well researched and presented account of the roots of the house of 'Windsor'.

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

I know it's very difficult because of who we are but that's why it's good to have an open conversation. Understand the consequences not only of marriage but of the EMPIRE the KINGDOM.

[@GoGreen1977]

When a woman inherits a throne, her "House" name should remain unchanged and be carried forward by her children, no matter who she marries. I've always thought it is ridiculous that some man, who has no claim to her throne, should be given the right or honor to have his "House" name become a new dynasty.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

During the 20th century the Netherlands had 3 female monarchs in succession but the name of the Royal House remained the same

[@todo1231]

Her dynasty still has a claim

[@josephsf2452]

You are absolutely correct. Some random dude marries a woman who inherited the thrown, WHY the hell should the dynasty's name change to the gold-digging husband?

[@selmahare]

@@josephsf2452 You're right, their name should have never changed to Saxe Coburg Gotha, the female monarchs should have been able to pass on their house's name to their children. Changing the dynasty to their husband's names was perfectly absurd, when these women were the actual monarchs of their countries. That was a mistake, brought about by the misogyny of the times. I feel like even Elizabeth was only allowed to change it, because otherwise the house would have returned to having a German name, Mountbatten.

[@omisantropo]

Cringe

[@chriskershaw7968]

The family may be known/styled as "Windsor", but the dynastic change happened anyway and the correct dynastic family name is simply not used.

[@MENSA.lady2]

This is part of the reason why many in the UK support the idea of the UK becoming a republic.

[@osirisgem]

Very well done and researched.

[@robju6054]

Fascinating. Well done.

[@expatexpat6531]

That was a very interesting and detailed history of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family, which married into the existing British royal family, but you omitted to mention that the royal family, the Windsors, are actually descended from the Stuarts, namely via the line of Elisabeth Stuart. She was the daughter of James 1 of England (James V of Scotland), Elisabeth Stuart married Friedrich V of the Palatinate. He was one of the Electors of the Holy Roman Emperor and resided in Heidelberg. After his brief and ill-fated reign as King of Bohemia (where he inadvertently helped start the devastating 30 Years War), the family fled to Holland. The son of Elisabeth's youngest daughter Sophie was the Elector of Hannover and became George I of Great Britain. Elisabeth Stuart is therefore the founder of the lineage of our current British monarchs. You might say that the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family were just a bunch of fortune-seeking upstarts who were successful in marrying above their station. 🙂

[@seancowie1253]

House of Windsor was started build Windsor Castle by King of William 1 of Normandy (Viking), NOT their descendant from Hanover or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Stuart / Stewart.

[@expatexpat6531]

@@seancowie1253 My posting was not about who originally ordered a castle to be built at Windsor. The crowns of the two kingdoms on the island of Britain were first united by the Stewarts. Charles III is indeed related to William the Conqueror, but the current lineage comes to us via the Stewarts.

[@seancowie1253]

@@expatexpat6531 That why Queen Elizabeth II, She called her House of Windsor for her royal family but NOT, Charles III is not related William the Conqueror because different relatives eg: From Normandy King Richard I to Plantagenet and Tudors stop and start from Scotland King James I married to Anne of Denmark line to Charles III.( Charles III's lines from Scotland and Denmark and Germany and Hanover and Saxe-Coborg-Gotha = North Saxon).

[@seancowie1253]

Add to King William III (1650 - 1702) House of Orange and married 1st cousin, Queen Mary II, The Last King of England, and no heir child so means another family tree to find for need new King of England.

[@expatexpat6531]

@Ella Lee Well, that touched a nerve lol. Of course Catholics were excluded from the line of succession. That was done by the Act of Settlement, but the very same act settled the succession on the offspring of the Electress Sophia. Be aware of the history: Elizabeth Stewart's (she who married the Palatinate Elector) youngest daughter, Sophia of Hanover, in 1658 married Ernest Augustus, the future Elector of Hanover. The Electress Sophia became the nearest Protestant relative to the English and Irish crowns (later British crown). Under the English Act of Settlement, the succession was settled by Parliament on Sophia and her issue, so that all monarchs of Great Britain from George I are descendants of Elizabeth. There is therefore a direct blood line (and a protestant one at that) from James I (James Stewart) of GB down to the current holder of the GB throne. The only reason that the GB family name was changed from House of Hannover (the one via which the Stewart blood line was passed on) to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was because Queen Victoria took the family name of her husband. In 2013 when the 400th anniversary of the wedding of Elizabeth Stuart to the Palatinate Elector was celebrated, Queen Elizabeth II sent a congratulatory letter to the organizers in recognition of the blood line.

[@Veriox22]

Appreciate your work

[@gavinflorence9416]

Phenomenal video thank you so much

[@sobelou]

Very interesting, thanks

[@taylenday]

10:01 That's a royal beauty right there.

[@beckysam3913]

the royal name is mountbatten-windsor, while mountbatten lineage is real and can be traced back, they today do not want to carry the name on. mountbatten is just translated from german Battenberg, literal translation, and its a german royal house of "von Battenberg" lineage. the father of prince phillip, late queen's II husband, is german royalty , from house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, his mother was Alice von Battenberg, a real region in central germany, and royal house of "von Battenberg" lineage. german royalty is cosplaying british royalty for decades and decades by now, lol.

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

There are many GLORIES TO CONQUER first, as we are, you think we are going to CONQUER it. I say the same thing, but we are about to do what our ancestors achieved even better.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

Renaming themselves was a stupid, insulting, and cowardly move.

[@BernardSuarez]

Thank you!

[@garymclaughin]

Thanks for sharing 🐱😊👍🇨🇦🇹🇭👍

[@oriancunningham]

nice story of the will to power

[@Specter1065]

Fascinating…

[@MaartjeTosca]

That's quite interesting. In Polish welkom is witam.

[@betterdonotanswer]

3:15 Not from větiti «to welcome», but from vitati «to live», cognate with Latin vita. Possessive from some composite Slověnic name such as Zemovitъ, Butovitъ, Jelovitъ etc. where the first part is missing *[...]vitinъ.

[@moonsorrow77]

So the British royal family is originally from German background…so Germany pretty much rule Britain

[@JORIS1234HOTMAIL]

And Mountbatten comes from Battenberg

[@brad5426]

Constitutional monarchies don't rule and European royalties have come from everywhere in Europe, married to each other for centuries, etc etc. Queen Victoria, who was British born and raised married off her children to other European monarchies, many of which actually became the rightful heads of the states of those nations, but that would not mean Britain ruled them.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Horen Sie auf. As ist wie es ist. ..nun haben w ir,auch. Ragland von Georgia. Also bitte....

[@willhovell9019]

The Sax Cobourg Gothas, were fortunate in surviving. The German Empire Gotha 4 engined bombers, were an early example of breaches International law, by various manefestations of the German state.

[@Ancaryvan]

If anyone seen the late picture of Leopold I, the bald pattern is STRONG 💪 with him. Also, 🤣 fellow Canadians, please compare young Leopold I with current Prime Minister.

[@vickilindberg6336]

Would Love to watch this but all I can do to protest these horrible Sandihook ads with KZbin is refuse to watch anything they are tied to.

[@Ehm593]

The current King is Charles lll not George.

[@HBon111]

So, really, the House of WIndsor does not rule the UK...but we're just going to pretend it does.

[@mikesaunders4775]

More or less. Their role is symbolic, they have less direct power than a traffic warden.

[@HBon111]

@@mikesaunders4775 i didn't even mean in a authoritative sense, more about the ass pull that historical precedent of naming a dynasty after the male line is now void because "we didn't want to change our faux-english named one for another foreign one".

[@scottanos9981]

@@mikesaunders4775 Yeah but if I saw the King of England tell me to stop on the street I wouldn't want to disobey. I'd say...semi soft power the royalty has.

[@Valhalla88888]

@@scottanos9981 king of England get educated last king of England was Henry 8th he died 500 years ago!

[@scottanos9981]

@@Valhalla88888 Whatever I'm not British I don't know the exact titles lol

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

How many books did KING SOLOMON write? THE PROVERBS THE THINGS HE SAID IS NOT A MOCKERY IF IT IS NOT AWAKENING

[@mikmowmil]

The Royal House should have changed when Elizabeth ii took the thrown. It's funny how the royals nitpick what rules to change.

[@thirien59]

Amen

[@WojciechP915]

Building a formidable stone house on a big hill might make your kids kings one day.

[@AmmiV2]

Can you do a video on the mughal dynasty

[@RPe-jk6dv]

the father of the king was a member of the house of oldenburg so the "windsors" are now no longer wettiner but oldenburger.

[@NapoleonAquila]

Short answer : FREAKING GERMANS

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

VIVAT !

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

One of the new dynastic names they considered in 1917 was Fitzroy. (Doesn't have as good a ring as Windsor, does it?) Technically, I think Bulgaria had a Tsar rather than a King...

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Tsar means King in this instance. The monarch was styled as His Majesty, not His Imperial Majesty. So different title, but same rank.

[@underblackhelmet-u8d]

Wasn't an empire in South Eastern Europe to have Tsar.

[@Haijwsyz51846]

Just about every European royal house has Germans in it.

[@sadettinarslan5324]

charles 3 can even change his own first name. i think he can also revoke the succession law and take his father's surname.

[@lindamanuel9073]

I can't wait to hear about the scandalous Hanoverians.

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

They’re descended from the Welf and Guelph

[@Edeskenney]

A rose by any other name!

[@sprague49]

Has Britain ever had an English dynasty? The Normans were descendants of the Vikings. The Plantagenets were French. The Tudors were Welch. The Stuarts were Scottish. The Hanoverians and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha's were German.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

The House of Wessex were Anglo-Saxons ie: English

[@pedanticradiator1491]

The Stuarts origins were French

[@onceamusician5408]

this is interesting but it misses the point. you totally skip over the connection between the british royal house and the german house of Saxe Cobug Gotha - namely the Hannovers who themselves were connected to the English Royal House through James I of scotland and England, by means of which conection was the real and only reason ( excepting that they were protestant) that the hannovers received the crown in 1714 after the stuart line went extinct except for catholics which were ruled out.. The British house may have much german blood but they are all directly descended from William the Conqueror r 1066-1087. indeed they are ALL descended (Edward IV onward) from Katherine Swynford, 3rd wife of john of gaunt missing this you will forget that there is a huge difference between ethnicity and family. I am of anglo scots descent but my brother married a maori woman in thios my country NZ. so though i am anglo scots my neices and nephews are able to be counted as NZ Maori - the same family but a different ethnicity. and that is my point. so the house of wettin, which married into the british royla house is really a side show. to a history buff like me an interesting side show but still only a side show

[@pratikmaitra653]

The royal houses are all connected to each other. If we go by matrilineal descent nearly all royal houses are interlinked and can be traced back to Charlemagne. Traditionally patrilineal descent determined inheritance and claims to the royal throne. It also determined the naming of the royal houses.

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

You don't like discussions as a man I understand it but as EMPEROR CAESAR NO. THIS WILL HAPPEN ON MANY MORE OCCASIONS WITH WOMEN YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT

[@mshomefire]

Queen Victoria's mother was Russian?

[@pedanticradiator1491]

No she was German

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

I advise you to look for women who are daring to speak that do not remain silent, that is good. For the future

[@jeremyhodge6216]

So where does Kate Middleton's family fit in and The Dutchess Sarah Ferguson's family fit in also I wonder 🤔

[@pedanticradiator1491]

They are both very distantly related to the Royal family. And it's Catherine the Princess of Wales not Kate Middleton. In fact she has never used the name Kate

[@richierich7229]

@@pedanticradiator1491 Actually it's HRH The Princess of Wales or Catherine, Princess of Wales. Not Catherine, THE Princess of Wales.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

@richierich7229 yes but it's definitely not Kate Middleton

[@selmahare]

When in actuality their real name is Mountbatten - Saxe Coburg Gotha. I was today year's old when I found out about all of this as a late teen in the 90s; and I'm not even British. I just found it so tricky that they got away with changing their name, so as to make the British public forget that they are mostly German. Princess Diana's family, the Spencers, are just one of a couple of examples of British noble families which have way more claim to the British throne than this family will ever have. But people enjoy the fakery and the puppetry show, so let them have their bread and games.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Well, the royals were German long before the marriage between Victoria and Albert.

[@rod9829]

Algo

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

You care what YOUR RACE OR TRIBE says IF YOU KNOW THEY ARE IN THE TRUTH

[@jorgecruzseda7551]

The Hou$e of Wind$or

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Basically the Windsors are like Roaches, where there is one there are more. And they breed with each other.

[@mickzammit6794]

What a ridiculous statement. Not worth further comment

[@sheilanixon913]

Millions of ordinary people are now researching their Family Trees c My husband's Tree goes back to John Nixon b. 1570 in St. Mary's Parish , Carlisle. JHe was a paid singer ( a Lay Vicar) in Carlisle cathedral THis continued for 4 more generations. His G.G.G. Grandson moved to West Cumberland He was Church Warden at ST.Mungos Church in Dearham until his death in 1780. The family became Mining Engineers and Coal mine managers for the Christians, The Earls of Lonsdale and the Senhouse family who founded the little town of Maryport about 1760. My father-in-law was a n Engineer in the Merchant Navy but his uncle became a teacher and moved to Liverpool . His 2 sons were very well known Robert Nixon b. 1893 became a Doctor in Tanganika , and his younger brother Graeme ,b. 1895 , became a teacher and taught the Beatles The Liverpool Echo recently published an Article about the Maths Master ( Graeme Nixon) , at Quarry Bank School in Liverpool. frequently having to put John Lennon in detention . When Paul Mccartney was 11 he played 5 instruments in the Christmas Concert in the 1950s . Robert Nixon b. 1893 settled in Southern Rhodesia, and his son , also Robert was an MP in Rhodesia , and was in on the negotiations which led to the setting up of Zimbabwe, Two of my husbands G. Grandfathers set up the Cumberland Miners' Federation , and we have found out a lot about their work in the Durham Miners Museum in Spennymoor County Durham. The family are still very musical , and can still sing. My grandson hopes to join the National Youth Orchestra next year At the moment he is in the woodwind section of the training orchestra.

[@mickzammit6794]

@@sheilanixon913 I don't know how your reply on heritage reached me but it was very interesting anyway. I've traced my ancestors to Scotland,Belgium,France and the Mediterranean although I'm Australian by birth. I even have a standard device tattooed covering my whole back as a result of the research.

[@LadyAlchemyy]

​@@mickzammit6794gday from Melb

[@jasonhaven7170]

11:27 But his son orchestrated the Congo genocide

[@pjaybasmaignee]

Yes, yes he did. 😢

[@nelsonsibiya9204]

The "Windsors" have been grafting for a long time hey !!!

[@waynemarvin5661]

You know that your own family was created the same way, don't you? Only noble families bother to keep track of the relationships. But all families graft (to use your term) onto each other.

[@mickeencrua]

The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha had one Monarch only, Edward VII. To say that the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ruled the largest Empire the world has seen is a bit of overstatement. Edward ruled for 9 years and 105 days. Hardly a dynasty. When GeorgeV changed the family name to Windsor, the poorly educated British people fell for the con. A rose by any other name? From the time of George I, Britain had been ruled by Germans. That situation has continued to the present day. Hanover, Saxe-Coburg Gotha and Windsor all amount to the same thing. And the British people are still poorly educated and gullible.

[@isaiahxp9185]

Someone say Davidic line?

[@waynemarvin5661]

No.

[@isaiahxp9185]

@@waynemarvin5661 Yea.

[@TheTexasTyrant323]

Yes

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I'm an American and have more British DNA (85%) that the "Windors" and QE2 🤣

[@Nwmguy]

Congratulations. You are now the British Monarch. You just have to beat Charles in a fist fight first.

[@TheWazzoGames]

Guess what: so does the majority of the British population. You all now have the right to duel Charles for the crown, congrats.

[@Zveebo]

Well, given the English are Anglo-Saxons, and so German in origin anyway, it doesn’t make any difference - most of your ancestors are ultimately Germans too.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Wow, you 100% deserved that hard-earn accomplishment, sacrificing every day of your waking hour just to make that dream come into reality. But I have to say neither has Charles.

[@archenema6792]

@@Zveebo The "Anglo-Saxons" contributed less than 5% to the genetic diversity of Britain. The common people of the UK are still mostly Brythonic in genetic makeup, and the aristocracy is still primarily Gaulic, with a dash of Flemish and Danish for flavor.🤣🤣

[@alfredodavie2842]

An immigrant family who fell on their feet