Why did the British Royal Family change its name to Windsor?
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Date: 2022-10-30
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Dantinus
0: 45 On a side note, Louis of Battenberg also followed the Royal Family's lead and changed his family name to that of Mountbatten. His son Louis Mountbatten (yup, the Mountbatten that the IRA killed) never gotten over his father being stripped of the role of Britain's First Sea Lord and made it his life goal of regaining the role, which he did in 1955. Louis Mountbatten went onto becoming an influential mentor of Prince Charles (now King Charles III) and gave him advices such as enjoy Bachelor's life (which he certainly did) and find a young and inexperienced woman as wife (which he also did in the form of Diana, Princess of Wale.
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0: 45 On a side note, Louis of Battenberg also followed the Royal Family's lead and changed his family name to that of Mountbatten. His son Louis Mountbatten (yup, the Mountbatten that the IRA killed) never gotten over his father being stripped of the role of Britain's First Sea Lord and made it his life goal of regaining the role, which he did in 1955. Louis Mountbatten went onto becoming an influential mentor of Prince Charles (now King Charles III) and gave him advices such as enjoy Bachelor's life (which he certainly did) and find a young and inexperienced woman as wife (which he also did in the form of Diana, Princess of Wale.
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Feiko
They betrayed their relatives overseas - on the 'continent', like some Brits used to call it -lured by their advisors at the time - into taking measures to secure and expand their own wealth - resulting in that family brawl that was basically the first World War.
After that war(during which, by the way, their 'advisors' sold arms and chemical weapons to both sides and lined their pockets like never before)they became the puppets of their former advisors - and since then, nothing has changed much
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They betrayed their relatives overseas - on the 'continent', like some Brits used to call it -lured by their advisors at the time - into taking measures to secure and expand their own wealth - resulting in that family brawl that was basically the first World War.
After that war(during which, by the way, their 'advisors' sold arms and chemical weapons to both sides and lined their pockets like never before)they became the puppets of their former advisors - and since then, nothing has changed much
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Thomas
If I learned anything from history is that changing names of things like dynasties, empires, languages, or religions does convince people that the thing is now different. Like when the French in the 17th century started referring to the Medieval Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire, people ended up believing it actually was a different country than the Ancient Roman Empire and not its direct institutional continuation.
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If I learned anything from history is that changing names of things like dynasties, empires, languages, or religions does convince people that the thing is now different. Like when the French in the 17th century started referring to the Medieval Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire, people ended up believing it actually was a different country than the Ancient Roman Empire and not its direct institutional continuation.
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Captain
Its a shame you spread the myth The British royal family is German because of course all the European royals inter-married so everyone had a bit of every dynasty in them (WW1 is a perfect example with the Tzar, Kaiser, and King George V all being grandsons of Victoria)
Besides George I was grandson of James I, not exactly what most people would call a Bavarian lineage.
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Its a shame you spread the myth The British royal family is German because of course all the European royals inter-married so everyone had a bit of every dynasty in them (WW1 is a perfect example with the Tzar, Kaiser, and King George V all being grandsons of Victoria)
Besides George I was grandson of James I, not exactly what most people would call a Bavarian lineage.
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Zk
How you do anything is how you do everything.
If you half-ass the smallest of tasks, you'll fail at doing the big tasks well. Every small thing you do each day, pay attention to how thoroughly you do it. Continue to step your game up in the smallest of ways each day and deliver more than what people would ever expect from you. That is how greatness is made.
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How you do anything is how you do everything.
If you half-ass the smallest of tasks, you'll fail at doing the big tasks well. Every small thing you do each day, pay attention to how thoroughly you do it. Continue to step your game up in the smallest of ways each day and deliver more than what people would ever expect from you. That is how greatness is made.
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education
King George: I don t want to change our family s name.
Too bad, we have to.
George: Alright fine, it will be Stewart.
No.
George: Ok, so how about Tudor?
No.
George V: Ok, so how about-
No.
George: So-
No.
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King George: I don t want to change our family s name.
Too bad, we have to.
George: Alright fine, it will be Stewart.
No.
George: Ok, so how about Tudor?
No.
George V: Ok, so how about-
No.
George: So-
No.
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Arthur
Now you still need to do videos on the following subjects:
1. Why did the revolution of 1848 have no effect on Germany and Spain?
2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?
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Now you still need to do videos on the following subjects:
1. Why did the revolution of 1848 have no effect on Germany and Spain?
2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?
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Sean
The irony is that intermarriage of nobles was supposed to prevent exactly the sort of two world wars that followed. Niall Ferguson is correct that UK (and USA) should have stayed out of The Great War.
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The irony is that intermarriage of nobles was supposed to prevent exactly the sort of two world wars that followed. Niall Ferguson is correct that UK (and USA) should have stayed out of The Great War.
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History
Two sidenotes I found fascinating about this video: the English king actually still had German and Austrian titles? And also, the Stewarts still had a claim on the crown as late as 1917?
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Two sidenotes I found fascinating about this video: the English king actually still had German and Austrian titles? And also, the Stewarts still had a claim on the crown as late as 1917?
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Brown
Rebrandings have always been laughably effective. One name change with no other intent on behavioral change suddenly absolves because the maon point of association is deemed obsolete.
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Rebrandings have always been laughably effective. One name change with no other intent on behavioral change suddenly absolves because the maon point of association is deemed obsolete.
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Patrick3751
Fun Fact: In response to the name change Kaiser Wilhelm II jokingly remarked that he wanted to see a performance of Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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Fun Fact: In response to the name change Kaiser Wilhelm II jokingly remarked that he wanted to see a performance of Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
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Zeruel3
Now it's technically Mountbatten-Windsor and would have been the House of Battenberg-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha if that one Bosnian Serb hadn't stopped off at a deli on the way home
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Now it's technically Mountbatten-Windsor and would have been the House of Battenberg-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha if that one Bosnian Serb hadn't stopped off at a deli on the way home
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The
The simple answer is ww1 anti German sentiment.
Which is ironic, when you find out that the English are actually Anglo Saxons. decendants of German migrants in the 4th century
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The simple answer is ww1 anti German sentiment.
Which is ironic, when you find out that the English are actually Anglo Saxons. decendants of German migrants in the 4th century
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Not
I'd crack a joke about James Minsonet wasn't available, but I'm sure it's already been done earlier in comments
(My apologies to James for probably misspelling his last name )
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I'd crack a joke about James Minsonet wasn't available, but I'm sure it's already been done earlier in comments
(My apologies to James for probably misspelling his last name )
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