Talk:Christian IX of Denmark
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We always use the most common English form of the name when naming someone. Granted it often makes no sense but that's a common feature in English! --rmhermen
As you say, it makes no sense, so the offending cs have been evicted.
- The c's are back in because that is how we spell it in English. Check Google or another English encyclopedia. It doesn't need to make sense, it's English. --rmhermen
Tell you what , mate, if you go and change the entries for Ivan IV of Russia to read John IV of Russia (Ivan is Russian for John), I'll let those c's stay. Until then the c's stay out, and I'll keep this up as long as you do.
In 1900, he approved the establishment of a Danish parliament which would have power over absolutism.
This is far from clear: Absolutism usually means "absolute monarchy", and that had been abolished in 1849 with the Danish Constitution. And what is meant by establishment of a Danish parliament?
Sebastjan
[edit] Politics section??
Even though it can be debated whether Christian tried to "prevent the spreading of democracy" - it is simply inaccurate to state that he "approved of a parliament with power over absolutism" in 1900. Absolutism was abolished in 1849, long before Christian became king, and there had been a parliamentary system ever since. The problem was whether the composition of the government should reflect the composition of the parliament or not. The constitution did not demand it, and Christian and his prime minister thought it would be an inappropriate mixing of the three branches of power. Christian therefore continued to appoint prime ministers from the minotiry party - as he had a constitutional right to - until 1901 when he government party had been almost eliminated in the parliamentary elections. He then reluctantly appointed a prime minister from the majority party and thereby began the Danish tradition of parliamentarism which was written into the constitution at the revision in 1953.
