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English Family Name

Windsor

“taken from Windsor Castle in Berkshire, not an inherited surname”
House colours from the family arms — this name has no clan tartan tradition
Historic titleSovereign of the United Kingdom
HeartlandBerkshire & the Thames Valley
RegionSouth East England

The name of the British royal house, adopted by proclamation of George V on 17 July 1917 to replace Saxe-Coburg and Gotha amid anti-German feeling during the First World War. It is taken from the castle, not from a family line.

Ancestral seats

  • Windsor Castle, Berkshire
  • Buckingham Palace, London
  • Sandringham House, Norfolk

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Windsor Castle, Berkshire

The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world; State Apartments and St George's Chapel are ticketed.

Sandringham House, Norfolk

The royal family's private Norfolk estate, open on a seasonal basis.

Also recorded as

Mountbatten-WindsorSaxe-Coburg and Gotha

Travelling to Windsor country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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