Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
/ˌsæks ˌkəʊbɜːɡ ˈɡəʊθə/
/ˌsæks ˌkəʊbɜːrɡ ˈɡəʊθə/
- the name of the British royal family from the beginning of the rule of King Edward VIII in 1901. The name originally belonged to Edward VII's father, the German Prince Albert. During World War I public feeling against Germany caused King George V to change it to Windsor in 1917.