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Originally Posted by waste gate
EDIT: The Duke of Wales is English?
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The Prince of Wales is an hereditary title for the heir to the throne; therefore he is definitely English.
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Is the Royal Family still the House of Hanover? Germans? More cheese and rice.
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The Georges (I, II, III and IV), George IV's brother William IV and William's niece Queen Victoria were Hanoverians. When Victoria married Prince Albert it was changed to his hereditary name, Saxe-Coburg und Gotha. In 1917 King George V changed the family name to Windsor, which was passed down to George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth's husband is Prince Philip Mountbatten, who uses his mother's family name since he became a British citizen. I assume that will be the family name of the next king. He was born Philippos Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksberg, Prince of Greece and Denmark.
Robin of Locksley: Would have been English if he was a real person.
Arthur Pendragon: If there was a prototype he was likely a Celt of some sort.
St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, but he was Jewish. The younger brother of Saint Peter, he lived and died in ancient Israel.
Richard the Lion Hearted: Descended from William the Conquerer, he was a Norman - descended from Vikings, raised in what is now France. There weren't really defined countries in those days. People were known by families more than regions.
King John of Magna Carta fame: Richard's younger brother, so see above.
William the Conquerer: see Richard, above.
Mary Queen of Scots: She was the daughter of Margaret, sister of Henry VIII, and James V of Scotland, so she was Scottish and English.
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So many questions. Perhaps I should take a class about the history of Britain from the time of Rome to present day.
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I haven't taken any formal classes, but there are a lot of great books out there. Also more on the internet than you would think is actually good material.