The Real Names Of The Royal Families

[Tilia C.]

I also saw these pages on Wikipedia, but sometimes there are mistakes in the articles. And the discussion pages of the article some people really challenge the content. I just find it strange that no-one was able to quote a reliable source, e.g. an official announcement. So maybe the change of the house-name is just an internet rumour?
The Dutch RF e.g. is still the house of Orange-Nassau after three generations of queens. I guess I'm a bit stubborn here, I still want an official statement from the Royal House to confirm this.

[Lumutqueen]

Kongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder

Here is an article regarding the titles.

What wikipedia says is the only information I can find. I believe it changed due to Margrethes marriage. as it says in the article Frederik, Joachim and there descendants are agnatically (through Henrik) in line to the family of Laborde De Monpezat.

It likes the windsor house should be mountbatten as a wife usually takes her husbands surname, but Elizabeth didn't want to change it.

Maybe Margrethe did.

Category:House of Glücksburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frederik, Joachim, Christian, Isabella, Nikolai, Felix and baby NN have also been removed from the article above which are people belonging to the house of Glucksburg.

[Warren]

Your Kongehuset link is a press release dated 30 April 2008. It advises that Frederik and Joachim will bear the additional title of 'greve af Monpezat'; Mary and Marie 'grevinde af Monpezat'; Christian bears 'greve af Monpezat' and Isabella 'komtesse af Monpezat'. It says nothing about surnames.

Beware of Wikipedia when an entry makes claims which are unsourced and unsubstantiated.

The argument that the House of Windsor should be the House of Mountbatten has no more relevance than the House of Windsor being the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by Warren

Your Kongehuset link is a press release dated 30 April 2008. It advises that Frederik and Joachim will bear the additional title of 'greve af Monpezat'; Mary and Marie 'grevinde af Monpezat'; Christian bears 'greve af Monpezat' and Isabella 'komtesse af Monpezat'. It says nothing about surnames.

Yes I realised that. I went back and edited my post afterwards and wrote undfer neither that it was an article refering to the titles.

[free2rhyme]

Though Windsor is the royal family of the United Kingdom's house name I did hear that upon their wedding's such as for the register Charles and Anne both used the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. I also read somewhere that upon the birth of Lady Louise (Prince Edward's daughter) that she became the first royal to actually have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor since the law changed in the 60's when Prince Philip complained he was the only man in the UK not allowed to give his children his name.

[HIRM&DSS Darius]

European: Riegning Families-
Belgium- Wettin
Denmark- Oldenberg
Great Britain- Windsor
Liechtenstein- Liechtenstein
Luxembourg- Nassau
Monaco- Grimaldi
Netherlands- Orange-Nassau
Norway- Oldenburg
Spain- Borbon
Sweden- Bernadotte
Non-reigning Families-
Albania- Zogu
Austria- Habsburg-Lorraine
Bulgaria- Wettin
1- France- Bourbon
2- France- Bonaparte
Prussia- Hohenzollern
Bavaria- Wittlesbach
Hanover- Guelf
Saxony- Wettin
Wurttemberg- Wurttemberg
Greece- Oldenburg
Italy- Savoy
Montenegro- Petrovic-Njegos
Portugal- Braganza
Roumania- Hohenzollern
Russia- Romanov
The Two Sicilies- Bourbon
Yugoslavia/Serbia- Karadjordjevic

Source of information- Europe's Royal Families
By-Maria Kroll & Jason Lindsey
Compiled and edited by Burke's Peerage
Copyright- 1979

Although these are semi correct lol , they are semi- incorrect. Usually there is more then one House name Romanov is actually Parent House Oldenburg- Holstein - Gottorp -Romanov
Windsors were actually Saschen-Coburg -un Gotha -Aldenburg then by decree they changed the name to Windsor ( like the Palace) which was named after the Windsor Territory in Old Germany. Our Greek lines were Hesse main house plus the cadet house names per lines. If you look up each you will find most have 3 which was traditional with Parent House line first. Some have more and many have changed or abbreviated names over the decades.

[HIRM&DSS Darius]

Here is an article regarding the titles.

What wikipedia says is the only information I can find. I believe it changed due to Margrethes marriage. as it says in the article Frederik, Joachim and there descendants are agnatically (through Henrik) in line to the family of Laborde De Monpezat.

It likes the windsor house should be mountbatten as a wife usually takes her husbands surname, but Elizabeth didn't want to change it.

Maybe Margrethe did.

Category:House of Glücksburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

People here are confusing Surnames with House, Line names in some countries they are the same in Royal lines they are usually different or some combination of both is used. Prince Philip abdicated rights and throne succession to Greece in marrying Her Majesty Elizabeth as such The English House name takes precedence. They do use Mountbatten- Windsor as last name just Windsor as House name. The press in general will call us as they like lol the public should look these things up. Press in general will mis-inform the public as writers tend to take creative freedoms, leave things out, add things etc.

[imojeen]

what's written is royal's diploma? for example Prince Frederik? Frederik Monpezat? or Haakon? What?

[HIRM&DSS Darius]

My impression is, there are three names that have evolved in this discussion, namely:
i) House name
ii) (House) Family name. I think this is what Tommix has been posting.
iii) (Passport) family name. This is what I was referring to, namely ....

... in regards to the UK Royals, I understand it is because of some passport requirement of around the 1950's? that they were 'compelled' to select the name "Windsor" as their family name.

With the House of Hannover, two points
1.) If the European Court of Human Rights uses the family name "von Hannover", then in officialese their name is 'von Hannover'. That is the name that (I presume) is printed in their passports.
2.) With respect to Guelf, I think there might be a spelling mistake here. I think the real spelling is
a. "Guelpf" (German practice that 'pf' is pronounced as 'f') or
b. "Guelph" (also the name of a town in Ontario, Canada), but I'm not an expert.

And as Tommix has mentioned, the Royal Houses can have many names. The reason being that over time (before World War One) they collected property by war/treaty, they married into it, or it was given to them.

Windsor was an old section in Germany in the 1400's ( I am a duke of Original Windsor (old Windsor by blood) The Palace was named Windsor Palace in England after Windsor in Germany- and England officiated Duke of Windsor as one of it's titles and stylings. The Royal Family then took the name of the palace during the War to dis-associate with the Third Reich (from Sachen-Coburg-un gotha -Aldenburg) to Mountbatten-Windsor. Generally just used as the House of Windsor and last name of Windsor

[Warren]

Originally Posted by HIRM&DSS Darius

Windsor was an old section in Germany in the 1400's ( I am a duke of Original Windsor (old Windsor by blood) The Palace was named Windsor Palace in England after Windsor in Germany- and England officiated Duke of Windsor as one of it's titles and stylings. The Royal Family then took the name of the palace during the War to dis-associate with the Third Reich (from Sachen-Coburg-un gotha -Aldenburg) to Mountbatten-Windsor.

George V changed the House and Family name to Windsor in 1917 during WWI. From 1901 to this date the House name was Saxe-Coburg & Gotha with the Family name of Wettin (that being the name of the Saxon Royal House and Duchies). Windsor was chosen because this British castle/fortress had the image of tradition, strength and stability. The Third Reich was Hitler's creation and came some years later. The 'Duke of Windsor' title was created in 1937.

Windsor Castle is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name of Windsor originates from old English Windles-ore or 'winch by the riverside' (according to Wiki).
I can't find any reference to a Windsor in Germany.

Mountbatten-Windsor is a more recent creation and seems to be the preferred Family name of most of the Queen's children, at least on marriage certificates.

[HIRM&DSS Darius]

George V changed the House and Family name to Windsor in 1917 during WWI. From 1901 to this date the House name was Saxe-Coburg & Gotha with the Family name of Wettin (that being the name of the Saxon Royal House and Duchies). Windsor was chosen because this British castle/fortress had the image of tradition, strength and stability. The Third Reich was Hitler's creation and came some years later. The 'Duke of Windsor' title was created in 1937.

Windsor Castle is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name of Windsor originates from old English Windles-ore or 'winch by the riverside' (according to Wiki).
I can't find any reference to a Windsor in Germany.

Mountbatten-Windsor is a more recent creation and seems to be the preferred Family name of most of the Queen's children, at least on marriage certificates.

They are most certainly Oldenburg (Aldenburg) as My 17th cousin Prince William pointed this out to me and my cousin Hally personally- Check link below as for the old windsor I will find the link when I have a free moment and post it. There are many , many Oldenburg and other Royal lines that do not have proper historical documentation( many cadet house lines)other at the time were left out of the registries for not paying proper tax, tith, tribute to church and /or main house.

Tree: Anton Gunther von ALDENBURG (OLDENBURG)

[HIRM&DSS Darius]

Warren my apology, I see where my error is I intended to say Old Windsor in England lol for some reason because of Aldenburg- I was thinking Germany and wrote Germany. Mind slip lol

Germany.Windsor, Berkshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Warren]

Originally Posted by HIRM&DSS Darius

They are most certainly Oldenburg (Aldenburg)

I think you are confusing the Saxe-Coburgs with the Schleswig-Holsteins. The Saxe-Coburgs are part of the Wettin family of the Houses of Saxony; the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgs (of which Charles will be the first British King although he will presumably remain under the House of Windsor rather than Mountbatten) are part of the Oldenburg dynasty.

[principessa]

Does the Asian and African royals also have a surname?

[HIRM&DSS Darius]

I think you are confusing the Saxe-Coburgs with the Schleswig-Holsteins. The Saxe-Coburgs are part of the Wettin family of the Houses of Saxony; the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgs (of which Charles will be the first British King although he will presumably remain under the House of Windsor rather than Mountbatten) are part of the Oldenburg dynasty.

Warren, I am certain you are correct lol... I am from both lines. They are all intermarried on one level or the other, directly or indirectly and I do tend to confuse the histories. I have 7 Imperial lines 18 Royal lines confirmed in my lines up to the very late 1800's early 1900's when they all changed names and became citizen of the USA and disappeared off of the map. Hence I have Royals whom are cousin by one line, uncle by another. It is Confusing lol. There are also so many name changes throughout all of the lines, some just in spelling/ language ( by regional usages)i.e Aldenburg to Oldenburg other by marriages to entirely new names.

[espejor]

Originally Posted by HIRM&DSS Darius

Although these are semi correct lol , they are semi- incorrect. Usually there is more then one House name Romanov is actually Parent House Oldenburg- Holstein - Gottorp -Romanov
Windsors were actually Saschen-Coburg -un Gotha -Aldenburg then by decree they changed the name to Windsor ( like the Palace) which was named after the Windsor Territory in Old Germany. Our Greek lines were Hesse main house plus the cadet house names per lines. If you look up each you will find most have 3 which was traditional with Parent House line first. Some have more and many have changed or abbreviated names over the decades.

I guess that the name of the Greek Royal Family is Glücksburg... Do you know if I'm right?

Regards!

[magnik]

Originally Posted by principessa

Does the Asian and African royals also have a surname?

Africa for example:
Bokassa, Zulu,
Dalmini (Swaziland)
Alaouite (Marocco)
Seeiso (Lesotho)

[Warren]

Originally Posted by espejor

I guess that the name of the Greek Royal Family is Glücksburg

Like the Danish Royal Family, the Greek Royal Family have no "name". Together with the Norwegian royals and the non-reigning Ducal line, they are of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which is itself a branch of the Oldenburg dynasty.

[principessa]

Am I right? The House of Tuscany is also called Altenburg?!?

[principessa]

Bhutan = Wangchuck
Japan = Heisei Era
Cambodia = Norodom