The Windsor family, who hold the crown of the United Kingdom, are of German origin. It is actually an extension of the two previous dynasties installed on the English throne, Brunswick-Hannover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages in Germany.
The House of Hanover came from a noble family established in Swabia and Bavaria in the 9th century. His "landing" on the British throne was produced by the link between the German Elector Ernesto Augusto de Hannover in the seventeenth century with a granddaughter of James I of England. His son George I enforced his rights and was the first of the family to reign in Great Britain , starting in 1714. The dynasty continued through his descendants George II, George III, George IV and William IV.
The arrival to the throne of Victoria, niece of William IV, and her marriage to Albert, prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha -another German lineage-, led to the change of name of the British royal dynasty to Hannover-Sajonia-Coburg- Gotha, whose only king was their son, Edward VII. In 1917, his son, George V, eliminated all ties with Germany, then faced with the United Kingdom in World War I, and changed the official name of the family to House of Windsor – the place where the palace stood. real, on the outskirts of London. The dynasty has been maintained until today through Eduardo VIII, Jorge VI and the current Isabel II.
