With the accession of Charles III, the Glücksberg branch of the House of Oldenburg now includes the UK amongst the monarchs who are members of it. The list now includes the Queen of Denmark, the King of Norway and the new British monarch and also includes the former monarchs of Greece and Russia.
Of course the British dynastic name no doubt remains officially 'Windsor' but as dynasties traditionally follow patrilineal descent it has changed to Oldenburg even if unofficially. It is the first change of dynasty according to patrilineal descent since 1901 when the House of Saxe Coburg & Gotha succeeded the House of Hanover in the person of Edward VII whose successor, George V, anglicised it to 'Windsor' in 1917.
A comment I made elsewhere on the matter:
From an agnatic point of few the Crown passes from the Windsor branch of the Coburg branch of the House of Wettin to the Windsor branch of the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg.
The British and cognatic viewpoint is that these Windsors are the same.
Both are correct but one is more important and it is the latter.
I think that sums it up; the declaration of the house name in 1917, I believe, was the first… before that it was just a matter of course. Likewise in the Netherlands where they have now declared the names and titles with each succeeding female whereas before it was just a matter of course.
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