Who were the first Windsors?
Who were the first Windsors? King Charles's great-grandfather, King George V, was the first Windsor monarch, and today's working royals are the descendants of King George and his wife, Queen Mary.
Are the Windsors originally from Germany?
Here is an overview of the Windsors' deep German roots. If not for World War I, the British royal family would still go by a German name. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha stemmed from the marriage in 1840 of Queen Victoria to Albert, the scion of a modest royal dynasty from northeastern Bavaria.