Show FAMILY NAMES OF ROYALTY royal personages descended Deec ended mostly from counti counts existing long be ba fore Surn surname amea came into uie the royal families of europe have not generally a surname because mostly unlike the english house houses of stuart and tudor which were the re spec lve tive surname 3 of the first king ot of each house before he ascended the throne they are descended in the male line from some territorial count counts existing long previous to the period in which the somewhat modern modem custom of surnames aur names prevailed aing georoge V derives in the male line from the ancients counts of wettin flourishing in the tenth century afterwards electors of saxony dukes of saxe coburg gotha etc his ilia ancestors in the male line were of the house of este one of whom azo of este married early in the tenth century the daughter and heiress of guelph auks of bavaria from which match sprang in the male line the dukes of brunswick linenburg Lvin enburg after marcs electors of hanover pad kings of great britain the of the tha royal family are de bribed bed by their princely titles in proceedings in the house of lords and no allusion Is made to any surname for in stance they sign the test roll merely by their personal or christian name and we know nothing of any surname which appertained by right or by usage to her late majesty queen victoria or to hie his majesty king george V |