05-12-2021, 11:46 AM
According to a list of English Kings and Queens, when the house of Stuart ended in 1688 with the death of James 2nd, the crown was taken over by the house of Orange (Dutch) until 1714 when it came under the control of the House of Hanover (German) with George 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th then William 4th before Victoria, when it became the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha after her marriage to Prince Albert. Her grandson, George 5th decided that after the traumas of the Great War it would be prudent to change the family name to Windsor, and so it remains.