I know that the British royal family’s surname is Mountbatten-Windsor.
but what’s the surname of the japanses imperial family, Belgium royal family, danish royal family, netherland, norway, sweden, spanish, thai, saudi arabia and United Arab Emirates??
they’re always called by their titles, and not their full names. sometimes i wonder if these people have any last names at all, but surly there must be something that goes on the birth certificate and the marriage papers, right? and when the member of the family doesn’t become royal anymore, well. they need a last name.
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The UK’s Royal House is Windsor. It is only untitled members who actually use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalF…
In 1917, there was a radical change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name of the ‘House’ or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family….
The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided that they would like their own direct descendants to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal Family (without changing the name of the Royal House), as Windsor is the surname used by all the male and unmarried female descendants of George V.
It was therefore declared in the Privy Council that The Queen’s descendants, other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry, would carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.
The royals of Monaco are Grimaldis, their Royal House and surnames.
The Belgians are from the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the original Royal House Name of some of the British royals.
Denmark’s royals are from the same royal house as Britain’s Prince Philip, the Royal House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg…
The Saudis are from the House of Al Saud.
Sweden is the House of Bernadotte.
Spain is the House of Bourbon.
Thailand is House of Mahidol, Chakri Dynasty.
Netherland’s Royal House is Orange-Nassau.
Norway’s House is also related to Britain’s Philip, the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg…
Japan’s royal house is simply The Imperial House of Japan.
The United Arab Emirates are a branch of the House of Al-Falahi, related to the House of Al-Falasi, and their name is Al Nahyan.
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Oh ho ho… I can see the usual argument developing here on whether the British Royal Family actually has a surname. It’s Windsor. An Order in Council of 1960 states that Mountbatten-Windsor is the surname of any royal descendents who do NOT hold the style of HRH and Prince or Princess. The Queen’s children, however, have confused the issue by using Mountbatten-Windsor on their marriage certificates. This is strictly incorrect but it’s probably out of respect for their father, who has said “I am nothing but an amoeba. I am the only man in the country not allowed to pass his name on to his children.”
Japan’s royal family doesn’t appear to have one, but then it is the oldest continuous royal family in the world and not having a surname has always been traditional. The British one only has a surname because the Royal Proclamation of 1917, changing the name of the Royal House to Windsor, specifically created the Windsor surname – before then there wasn’t one.
Much the same applies to all the others. There is a Royal House name, but in most cases it isn’t a surname, and the law of the country doesn’t require them to use one.
Consider how surnames evolved. They came about in medieval times as nicknames to tell people apart who have the same name. Royals have never needed to distinguish themselves in this way and didn’t adopt surnames.
Iceland still doesn’t have them for anyone! Icelanders use patronymics – their father’s name with -son added for a boy or -dottir for a girl. Thus the children’s last names will be different from their parents and everyone is listed by first name in the phone book. Denmark was the same until relatively recently, which is why just about everyone there has one of a small range of surnames ending in -sen. Just to illustrate that surnames are not universal.
With the exception of the Queen and Prince Philip all the Queen’s children, grandchildren and Great-grandchildren in the male-line will have the surname Mounbatten-Windsor – http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalF…
Other Royal families do not necessarily have family names, before 1917 British Royals didn’t and even nowadays they tend to use their titles rather than their surname. Male line grandchildren of UK Monarchs tend to use their father’s territorial designation before they are granted or inherit another title. They only retain this in adulthood if they are second sons e.g Prince Michael of Kent. This will not happen with the Queen’s grandchildren because Harry is the only second son and as a child of the Heir apparent is likely to be given his own title eventually (probably on marriage).
British royal family is named WINDSOR if they hold the HRH BUT dont use it, or they are male line descendants of Prince Albert.
Bulgarian royal family is Saxe Coburg Gotha (or Bulgarian equivelant)
Belgian family uses the Belgian translation for ‘of Belgium’
Greek and Danish royal families don’t have a surname, nor does the Japanese Imperial family
Monagasque princely family is Grimaldi when using the HSH, Hannover when using HRH, or their fathers surname if not entitled to princely status
Spain- de Bourbon y Bourbon’s Sicilias
Thailand- Mahidol(dynasty is Chakri)
Saudi Arabia-Al Saud
Japan-Yamato
Bhutan-Wangchuk
Kuwait-Al-Sabah
Lesotho-Moshesh
Liechtenstein- Liechtenstein
Monaco-Grimaldi
Morocco- Alaouite
Tonga-Tupou
Denmark-Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-… crown prince become king some day surname changes to Monpezat)
Norway-Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-G…
Netherlands- Orange-Nassau
Belgium-Saxe-couburg-Gotha
Sweden-Bernadotte
who knows what the real srname of our monarchy is? you could write a book on it. Personally i think it’s windsor – forget the mountbatten bit.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten…
You are correct that the surname of the British royal family is Mountbatten-Windsor and this can be verified on the official Royal website. Other surnames of royal families include Grimaldi (Monaco) and Saud (Saudi Arabia).
They don’t have second names. Royals belong to houses, the British one being the House of Windsor, not Mountbatten-Windsor.
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No, you don’t know that the British family’s surname is Mountbatten-Windsor. Royals don’t have surnames. Mountbatten-Windsor is a HOUSE name. Royals don’t have surnames.