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La Casa de Windsor ( House of Windsor ), anteriormente denominada Casa de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha (en inglés, House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; en alemán, Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha ), es la Casa Real del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte. Fue renombrada el 17 de julio de 1917 por el rey Jorge V del Reino Unido en el ...
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Windsor Castle, part of the Occupied Royal Palaces Estate, is owned by Charles III in right of the Crown, and day-to-day management is by the Royal Household. In terms of population, Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world and the longest-occupied palace in Europe, but it also remains a functioning royal home.
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1070–1350
Windsor Castle was first built by William the Conqueror, who reigned from 1066 until his death in 1087. His original wooden castle stood on the site of the present Round Tower ("A"). The castle formed part of his defensive ring of fortifications surrounding London, the site chosen in part because of its easily defensible position. At this time the castle was defended by a wooden palisade rather than the thick stone walls seen today. The original plan of William's castle is unknown, but it was...
1350–1500
King Edward III was born in the castle on November 13, 1312, and was often referred to as "Edward of Windsor." Beginning in 1350, he initiated a 24-year rebuilding program by demolishing the existing castle, with the exception of the Curfew Tower and some other minor outworks. Henry II's keep (the Round Tower) was replaced by the present tower, although it was not raised to its present height until the nineteenth century. The fortifications too were further increased. The castle's chapel was...
The Tudors
Despite these improvements, Windsor remained a very bleak residence. Henry VIII (1509–1547) rebuilt the principal castle gateway in about 1510, siting it in such a place that, should the gateway fall in an attack, further invasion into the castle would involve an uphill battle. The coat of arms above the arch and portcullis bears the pomegranate badge of the king's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Henry VIII's successor and son, the boy King Edward VI (1547–1553), disliked living at the cast...
In her later years, Queen Elizabeth II increasingly used the castle as a royal palace as well as her weekend home. It was as often used for state banquets and official entertaining as Buckingham Palace. During the Queen's tenure of the Castle, much was done, not only to restore and maintain the fabric of the building, but also to transform it into ...
Windsor Castle was one of three royal sites excavated over four days by the Time Team of archaeologistsled by Tony Robinson, on August 25-28, 2006. The archaeologists had an unprecedented opportunity to probe the geophysics and history of three royal residences over a four-day period, with teams working concurrently in the three locations. Windsor ...
Ainsworth, William H. Windsor Castle. 1st World Library—Literary Society, 2007. ISBN 978-1421833163Ball, Jacqueline A., & Stephen F. Brown. Windsor Castle: England's Royal Fortress. New York: Bearport Publishing, 2005. ISBN 978-1597160056Robinson, John Martin. Windsor Castle: Official Souvenir Guidebook. London: Royal Collection Enterprizes Ltd., 2006. ISBN 978-1902163802Robinson, John Martin. Windsor Castle: The Official Illustrated History. London: Royal Collection Enterprizes Ltd., 2006. ISBN 978-1902163215All links retrieved October 21, 2022. 1. Windsor Castle Royal Collection Trust 2. Windsor Castle English Monarchs. 3. Royal Residences: Windsor Castle Official web site of the British Royal Family 4. Windsor Castle across the Thames. British Tours.
The House of Windsor. University of California Press, 2000. Other websites. Royal Family Name from royal.gov.uk; House of Windsor from royal.gov.uk; Royal Family of Great Britain Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine including the Houses of Hanover, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Windsor.
Gerald de Windsor (c.1075 – 1135), alias Gerald FitzWalter, was an Cymro-Norman lord who was the first Castellan of Pembroke Castle in Pembrokeshire (formerly part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth). Son of the first Norman-French Constable of Windsor Castle , and married to a Welsh Princess daughter of the King of Deheubarth , he was in charge of ...
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A Casa de Windsor ou Dinastia de Windsor, é a casa real reinante do Reino Unido e dos outros Reinos da Commonwealth. A dinastia é de ascendência paterna alemã e era originalmente um ramo da Casa de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota, ela própria derivada da Casa de Wettin, que sucedeu à Casa de Hanôver na monarquia britânica após a morte da Rainha ...
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 [a] – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication . Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
