What if a British prince marries a heiress of a kingdom? Will the royal house change?

Question

Either a British serf heir or not, will the name of the royal house of the princess he's marrying change to his royal house name which is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (aka Windsor)? Say Prince X of the United Seefdom marries Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (I know she's married ok!!), would her successor, if he/she's a descendant of her and of the British prince, belong to the royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(aka Windsor)? I know that if Victoria becomes Queen of Sweden she'll still reign as a member of the House of Bernadotte

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. I am not trolling. I never trolled. This is for my 2 masters degree and 1 PhD degree. Thank you very much in advance for helping me in my academics.

Answer 1

I'm not sure that it would necessarily change because when Prince Phillip married the Queen the royal house name remained Windsor ..saying that i havn`t got so much as an A level to my name (let alone a PhD or a masters degree ) so i could easily be wrong Lulz

Answer 2

The royal house would change according to the male line. Hence Queen Victoria changed from Hanover to Saxe Coburg Gotha.



The marriage of Queen Elizabeth was different since Philp had relinquished his titles, but would have been Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg and not Battenberg which was his mothers maiden name.

Answer 3

We already know that by example. The husband of the Crown Princess of Sweden has already changes his legal surname to 'Bernadotte', so that the Name of the Royal House in Sweden does not change when their child ascends to the throne.



In Monaco this has happened twice - the husbands of heiress Charlotte and Princess Luise-Hipolite both changer their surnames to Grimaldi.



In UK Prince Philip only managed to hyphenate his adopted surname to Windsor, without the Royal House changing.



This seems to be becoming the norm, therefore the heir would not belong theoretically to his/her father's Royal House.

Answer 4

If I remember my history correctly (and at my age, it could be faulty), King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coberg-Gotha to Mountbatten-Windsor because of WWI. The family actually has Germanic roots, but it was politically incorrect to be associated with the Germans since that's whom they were fighting. If I were you, I wouldn't depend on strangers' comments in a forum such as this, but rather go to reference materials in your university library. Also, check on some British history resources that might be more accurate.

Answer 5

Women generally take on their husband's names, but in terms of Royal House Names, it is up to the monarch. Victoria was still of the House of Hanover, but her son used her married-name, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.



Elizabeth II kept House of Windsor for the Royal House Name, but had special letters patent issued listing the family surname as Mountbatten-Windsor. Charles can use either Windsor of Mountbatten-Windsor as the Royal House Name when it is his time.

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And you are trolling--a person who is going after advanced post-graduate degrees does not use Answers for source information. They know what libraries are; they know how to carry out proper research. They know that Answers would not be accepted as source material because of its unreliability because of certain people who don't give correct information.

Answer 6

The male title matters the female one can be dumped.

Answer 7

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