What was the British royal name before WW1(when they changed it from their german name)?

It's Windsor now, but what WAS it before?

What was the British royal name before WW1(when they changed it from their german name)?
You could say it was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, they never really used surnames.





The situation of members of the Royal Family is more complex than for most people, as they can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same.





Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged.





Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day.





The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family (for example, Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch through females (for example, Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the Stuarts, George I and the Hanoverians).





Just as children can take their surnames from their father, so sovereigns normally take the name of their 'House' from their father. For this reason, Queen Victoria's eldest son Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (the family name of his father Prince Albert). Edward VII's son George V became the second king of that dynasty when he succeeded to the throne in 1910.





In 1917, there was a radical change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War, and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of the same name.
Reply:Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was the name of the Royal House.Before that it had been the Royal House of Hanover(Queen Victoria's and her son's,Edward VII's royal house designations).


During World War I,24 twin-engined GOTHA war planes bombed London.George V quickly changed the family name.He wasn't pleased with his German relatives and the rest of England was awash with anti-German sentiment.
Reply:The "House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" (HSCG), the royal house was the "House of Hanover" from 1714 until the death of Victoira in 1900. Victoria's son, King Edward VII ruled for ten years under HSCG. When his son began the rule, it was under the same name until he changed it.
Reply:It was their House name, so it wasn't quite used like your lastname or mine, but it used to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.





Cheers!
Reply:i'm thinking stuart