Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

American  

[saks-koh-burg-goh-thuh] / ˈsæksˈkoʊ bɜrgˈgoʊ θə /

noun

1. 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.

2. Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emanuel, Prince of. Albert, Prince.

3. a former duchy in central Germany.

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Saxe-Coburg-Gotha British  

/ sæksˈkəʊbɜːɡˈɡəʊθə /

noun

1. the ruling house of the former German duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (until 1918) and the name of the British royal family (1901–17) through Prince Albert

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Example Sentences

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 Royal Family changed its name during the First World War from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, just when German football teams were busy shedding their English-sounding names.

From BBC • May 22, 2013

From 1672 to 1680 he was chief minister of Ernest I. and Frederick I., dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and died at Coburg on the 19th of November 1683.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various