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.
noun
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Mr. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha still remembers the 1943 funeral as if watching an old newsreel.
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
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
Come on, Frau Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, it’s time for you to have breakfast with Herr Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2014
The oldest of the daughters became the wife of Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the second wedding Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary, who died in youth, and the third becoming the wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
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