Editing House of Windsor (section)

{{Short description|British royal family}}
{{Redirect|Windsors|other uses|Windsor (disambiguation){{!}}Windsor}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Royal house
| surname = House of Windsor
| coat_of_arms = Badge of the House of Windsor.svg
| coat_of_arms_size = 140px
| coat_of_arms_caption = [[Heraldic badge]] of the house, featuring the Round Tower of [[Windsor Castle]]
| country = [[United Kingdom]] and other [[Commonwealth realm]]s
| founding year = {{Start date and age|1917|7|17|df=yes}}
| founder = [[George V]]
| current_head = [[Charles III]]
| members = [[List of members of the House of Windsor|See list]]
| parent house = [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]{{efn|[[George V]] changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917. The children and male-line descendants of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] genealogically belong to the [[House of Glücksburg]], a cadet branch of the [[House of Oldenburg]]. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is itself a cadet branch of the [[House of Wettin]].}}
}}

The '''House of Windsor''' is the [[dynasty|reigning house]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realm]]s. The house's name was inspired by the historic [[Windsor Castle]] estate. The house was founded on 17 July 1917, when  [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] changed the name of the royal house from the German [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] to the English Windsor due to [[anti-German sentiment]] during the [[World War I|First World War]]. There have been five British monarchs of the House of Windsor: [[George V]], [[Edward VIII]], [[George VI]], [[Elizabeth II]], and [[Charles III]]. The children and male-line descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], also genealogically belong to the [[House of Oldenburg]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World |isbn=0850110238 |page=326}}</ref> since Philip was by birth a member of the [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]] branch of that house.<ref name="Philip-Glücksburg">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/obituaries/prince-philip-dead.html|title=Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99|work=The New York Times|first=Marilyn|last=Berger|date=9 April 2021|accessdate=22 November 2022}}</ref> 

The monarch is head of state of fifteen [[sovereign state]]s. These are the United Kingdom, [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], [[Solomon Islands]], and [[Tuvalu]]. As well as these separate monarchies, there are also three [[Crown Dependencies]], fourteen [[British Overseas Territories]], two [[associated state#States_currently_in_a_formal_association|associated states]] of New Zealand, and one [[Tokelau|territory]].