Saxe-coburg-gotha (Noun)
Meaning
The name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The British royal family was known as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until 1917, when the name was changed to the House of Windsor.
- King George V was the monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha when the name change occurred.
- The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was seen as too Germanic during World War I, leading to the change to Windsor.
- The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha had ruled Great Britain since the accession of King Edward VII in 1901.
- The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family name was changed to Windsor in an effort to distance the British monarchy from its German heritage during wartime.