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3 days ago · In the 19 th century, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was one of the most ambitious and well-connected royal families in Europe, with members eventually landing on thrones in Britain, Portugal, Mexico and Bulgaria, as well as Belgium. However, Philippe lacked the typical Saxe-Coburg trait of designing grand political schemes to expand the ...
5 hours ago · Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Signature. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; [1] 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the prince consort of the United Kingdom. Prince Albert was the husband of Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 ...
1 day ago · The couple, who were first cousins, married on Feb. 10, 1840. Here, they're seen together in an 1858 photograph. Albert was from the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which carried into subsequent reigns of the British monarch until George V changed the name to Windsor in 1917.
2 days ago · The Surname Windsor was Based on the Castle. After King George V abandoned his family name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the royal house was Christened The House of Windsor. This became the official surname of the British royal family. The name was based on the historical Windsor Castle which is a royal residence in the English county of Berkshire.
3 days ago · House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. House of Bourbon-Braganza. The Most Serene House of Braganza (Portuguese: Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), also known as the Brigantine dynasty (dinastia Brigantina), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas.
1 day ago · Their Children married into the Royal Houses of Bonaparte; Saxe-Coburg and Gotha {Bragança} {Portugal}; Savoy {Spain}; and the Dukedoms of Montferrat and Chablis. Emperors of Austria (House of Habsburg-Lorraine, main line)
6 days ago · She was also strongly influenced by the views of her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, whom she married in 1840. The high point of her reign came in 1851 with the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, which was organized by Albert.
