Talk:Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

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[edit] Use of and

And has been removed. Schleswig and Holstein were hyphenated in short, official used. It was generally treated as singular territory. Charles 20:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old stuff

I am scratching my head, trying to grasp Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (names and titles) and the convention itself. Duke Frederick was acknoledged and supported by virtually all Germans (except Bismarck), and quite a few international powers too, so I suppose it might be correct to name the article Frederick VIII of... although his reign wasn't stabilized before the Prussian-Austrian occupation; and he turned down Bismarck's "offer" to remain ruler in a Prussia-dominated Schleswig-Holstein.

A second issue is the disposition of the first sentences, which we probably will have reason to return to.

Thirdly, I wonder if the long line of castles would gain from being linked or not:

Duke Frederick VIII (July 6, 1829 - January 14, 1880) (in German: Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg), father-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

-- Ruhrjung 08:39 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Prussia recognized the Duke as a mediatized prince. we genberally allow them their ordinals. After all, as recognized ones, semi-rulers accepyed by the annexing country, they were not just pretenders. rather, they must be regard as equivalents of vassal princes. Shilkanni 22:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)