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Became The House Of Saxe-coburg: When Edward VII succeeded Victoria, the British royal family became the house of Saxe-Coburg, after Edward's father, Prince Albert (q.v.). The name was changed by George V, during World War I, to Windsor (see WINDSOR, HOUSE OF).
They not only .Wished the boundaries of independent Greece, jjhey also chose the king and determined of government. The throne was first Ito Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, who "lit. The position was finally accepted by ouis (Ludwig) I of Bavaria in the name 17-year-old second son, who now became )I. Because of the chaotic internal con-i Greece, the powers agreed that Otto le as an absolute monarch and that the [military forces should be disbanded. In I IB place, approximately 3,500 European, chiefly |&nnan. soldiers were brought in to form the [fcy of the new state.
As a residence of the dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from 1826 to 1918, Gotha acquired important libraries and collections under ducal encouragement. Its best-known foundation was the geographical institute of Justus Perthes, founded in 1785; besides maps and books, it published annually the Almanack de Gotha, a world-famous reference book on governments and prominent personalities, which first appeared in 1763 and, after a break from 1944 to 1956, is still published by a successor firm.
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