The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, known until 1826 as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, is a European royal house of German origin. It takes its name from its oldest domain, the Ernestine duchy of
Coat of arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1736) in the stucco ceiling of the Holy Cross Church, Coburg.
Prince Albert was the link through which the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha came to the British throne in 1901, when his son Edward VII ascended the throne. The dynasty was later renamed the House of Windsor by George V in 1917.
Queen Victoria in Coburg in April 1894 reunited with all her extended family, ranging from Nicholas II (soon-to-be tsar of Russia in the same year) to the Kaiser Wilhelm II and other relatives of the House. (click to view the photo on Commons and read about every person in detail)
Veste Coburg, ancestral seat of the House of Saxe-Coburg
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Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
…the British royal family who belonged to the House of Wettin, and their male-line descendants. Instead of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII of the United Kingdom) inheriting the duchy, it was diverted to his next brother, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Upon the latter's death without…
Formal portrait, c. 1900s
The Christening of the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 25 January 1842
Portrait of Edward by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846
Edward and his entourage at Niagara Falls, 1860