Who was the only British King of the House of Saxe-Coburg?
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. From the time of King Edward VII, who reigned from 1901 to 1910, until 1917, when King George V replaced the German-sounding title with the name of Windsor during the First World War, British monarchs officially belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The name "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" survived in the Belgian royal family until 1920, and it still survives in the Bulgarian royal family. Patrilineality, descent as reckoned from father to son, had historically been the principle determining membership in reigning families until late in the 20th century, thus the dynasty to
House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (also known as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Braganza or the Constitutional Branch of the Braganzas) is a term used to categorize the last four rulers of the Kingdom of Portugal, and their families, from 1853 until the declaration of the republic in 1910. Its name derives from the four kings descended in a patrilineal line from King Ferdinand II of Portugal (of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry) and in a matrilineal line from Queen Maria II of Portugal (of the House of Braganza). The designation "Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" is