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From: Matthew Harley <>
Subject: Re: Fw: The Battle of Poitiers/Tours
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:45:16 +0100


Leo van de Pas wrote:

> Oh yes, you did. By giving someone a latin numeral they can only be kings.
> There are some exceptions (Reuss for one) but it definitely did not apply to
> England

Only kings?

What about Dukes, Counts etc, who also had Roman numerals attached to
their names? For example Louis XII roi de France was previously duc
Louis II d'Orleans, etc., etc.

Even for kings, the numeral could change. For exemple, Henry IV roi de
France was previously Henry III roi de Navarre.

But then that's France, not England. Could it not happen in England that
Mike the nth Duke of Birmingham became Mike the mth King of England?

Matt Harley

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