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House of Windsor
| House of Windsor | |
|---|---|
 Badge of the House of Windsor, featuring the Round Tower of Windsor Castle | |
| Parent house | House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha[a][b] |
| Country | United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms |
| Founded | 17 July 1917 |
| Founder | George V |
| Current head | Charles III |
| Members | See list |
^ a: The children and male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip genealogically belong to the House of Oldenburg through one of its branches, the House of Glücksburg. ^ b: The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a cadet branch of the House of Wettin. | |
The House of Windsor is the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The house's name was inspired by the historic Windsor Castle estate. The house was founded on 17 July 1917, when King George V changed the name of the royal house from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War. There have been five British monarchs of the House of Windsor: George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II, and Charles III. The children and male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, also genealogically belong to the House of Oldenburg[1] since Philip was by birth a member of the Glücksburg branch of that house.[2]
The monarch is head of state of fifteen sovereign states. These are the United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu. As well as these separate monarchies, there are also three Crown Dependencies, fourteen British Overseas Territories, two associated states of New Zealand, and one territory.
- ^ Burke's Royal Families of the World. p. 326. ISBN 0850110238.
- ^ Berger, Marilyn (9 April 2021). "Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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