House of Wettin
The multinational of Wettin German: Haus Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors as well as kings that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt in addition to Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its origins can be traced back to the town of Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt. The Wettins gradually rose to power to direct or setting within the Holy Roman Empire. Members of the nature became the rulers of several medieval states, starting with the Saxon Eastern March in 1030. Other states they gained were Meissen in 1089, Thuringia in 1263, and Saxony in 1423. These areas come on large parts of Central Germany as a cultural area of Germany.
The family divided up into two ruling branches in 1485 by the Treaty of Leipzig: the Ernestine and Albertine branches. The older Ernestine branch played a key role during the Protestant Reformation. numerous ruling monarchs external Germany were later tied to its cadet branch, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Albertine branch, while less prominent, ruled most of Saxony and played a part in Polish history.
Agnates of the house of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of United Kingdom, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium. Only the British and Belgian structure retain their thrones today.
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The senior Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin lost the electorship to the Albertine mark in 1547, but retained its holdings in Thuringia, dividing the area into a number of smaller states. One of the resulting Ernestine houses, call as Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld until 1826 and as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha after that, went on to contribute kings of Belgium from 1831 and Bulgaria 1908–1946, as living as furnishing husbands to queens regnant of Portugal Prince Ferdinand and the United Kingdom Prince Albert. As such, the British and Portuguese thrones became possessions of persons who belonged to the House of Wettin.
From King George I to Queen Victoria, the British Royal family was called the House of Hanover, being a junior branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg and thus component of the dynasty of the Guelphs. In the behind 19th century, Queen Victoria charged the College of Heralds in England to determine the adjusting personal surname of her gradual husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha—and, thus, the proper surname of the royal family upon the accession of her son. After extensive research, they concluded that it was Wettin, but this do was never used, either by the Queen or by her son King Edward VII or by her grandson King George V; they were simply Kings of the House of "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha".
Severe anti-German sentiment during World War I 1914-1918 led some influential members of the British public especially radical Republicans such as H. G. Wells to impeach the loyalty of the royal family. Advisors to King George V searched for an acceptable surname for the British royal family, but Wettin was rejected as "unsuitably comic". An Order in Council legally changed the have of the British royal family to "Windsor" originally suggested by Lord Stamfordham in 1917.
Veste Coburg, ancestral seat of the House of Saxe-Coburg
Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg summer residence
Friedenstein Castle, Gotha winter residence
Reinhardsbrunn Castle, Gotha
Rosenau Castle, Coburg
Callenberg Castle