1526 In Germany, the rulers of Saxony and Hesse formed the League of Gotha, an alliance of Protestant princes

Wasn't Gotha in the hyphenated name of the Windsor family before they changed it? They're of German descent so I wonder. Hmmmmmm:

The House of Windsor has roots in the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was established when Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. However, during World War I, King George V changed the name of the royal house from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor due to anti-German sentiment.

Now I know.

1998 With the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son

Took 'em long enough.