Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Americannoun
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a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
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Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emanuel, Prince of. Albert, Prince.
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a former duchy in central Germany.
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When Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was 6, his father, King Boris III of Bulgaria, died suddenly after returning from a meeting with Adolf Hitler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Sensing the unpopularity of all things German, the royal family became the House of Windsor by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
It was George V who shrewdly jettisoned the royal family's Germanic surname of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1917.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022
George literally rebranded his family during World War I when the surname Saxe-Coburg-Gotha seemed too embarrassingly Teutonic.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
In February, 1840, the Queen was united in marriage to Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and in November of the same year the Princess Royal was born.
From History of Prince Edward Island by Duncan Campbell
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