European royal families

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 198. Chapters: House of Bourbon, House of Medici, Capetian dynasty, House of Savoy, Tudor dynasty, House of Romanov, House of Orange-Nassau, British Royal Family, House of Hohenstaufen, House of Bonaparte, Julio-Claudian dynasty, House of Wittelsbach, House of Sforza, Ottonian dynasty, Salian dynasty, House of Lancaster, House of Karadordevic, House of York, House of Zähringen, House of Ascania, Bertoleoni, House of Hanover, House of Windsor, Árpád dynasty, Mountbatten-Windsor, House of Plantagenet, Flavian dynasty, Stuart period, Family of Gediminas, Royal Marriages Act 1772, House of Orléans, Clan Stewart, House of Stuart, Fairhair dynasty, House of Candia, Philippine Dynasty, House of Mindaugas, Lists of members of the British Royal Family through history, House of Capet, House of Nassau, Yngling, List of rulers of Hesse, House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, House of Braganza, Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, House of Visconti, House of Mecklenburg, Hauteville family, House of Grimaldi, List of members of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Ottoman Dynasty, House of Bogdan-Musat, House of Glücksburg, Nerva-Antonine dynasty, House of Monpezat, Princely Family of Liechtenstein, Romanian Royal Family, House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, List of kings of Ulster, House of Abrantes, Princes of Ottajano, Swedish Royal Family, Greek Royal Family, House of Nassau-Weilburg, Norwegian Royal Family, Robertians, House of Burgundy, House of Trastámara, House of Petrovic-NjegoS, List of members of the House of Oldenburg, Theodosian dynasty, House of Trpimirovic, Monegasque Princely Family, House of Gonzaga, Kennedy, House of Basarab, Uí Néill, House of Bourbon-Braganza, Irish royal families, House of Obrenovic, House of Aviz, Bulgarian Royal Family, List of Kings of Uí Failghe, House of Bates, Kastrioti family, House of Lippe, House of Luxembourg, Trpimirovic dynasty family tree, Kings of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, House of Obrenovic family tree, Duke of Urach, Count of Barcelos, House of Zogu, House of Amsberg, House of Évreux, Friedrich von Stuart, House of Domagojevic, House of Mojmír, Gausian dynasty. Excerpt: The House of Windsor is the current royal house of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on the 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of his family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom during World War I. Currently, the most prominent member of the House of Windsor is Elizabeth II, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms. "A Good Riddance". Propaganda cartoon from Punch, Vol. 152, 27 June 1917, commenting on the King having ordered the relinquishing of the German titles held by members of His Majesty's familyEdward VII, and, in turn, his son, George V were members of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a German ducal family, by virtue of their descent from Albert, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria. High anti-German sentiment amongst the people of the British Empire during World War I reached a peak in March 1917, when the Gotha G.IV, a heavy aircraft capable of crossing the English Channel began bombing London directly. The aircraft became a household name, and the name Gotha was part of the name of the royal family, Gotha-Saxe-Coburg. These bombings were coupled with the abdication of King George's first cousin, Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia on 15 March 1917, which raised ...