Talk:Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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[edit] House of Bourbon-Parma

Regarding the latest edit (by 140.203.7.37), I do feel certain that the descendants of GD Charlotte should be considered members of the House of Bourbon-Parma, not the House of Nassau-Weilburg. This is the way it is most commonly done, and it is a consistent way of naming dynasties. Of course, if there is an official decision to name the house otherwise, that complicates the matter (like in the UK, where Elizabeth's descendants are officially considered members of the house Windsor, so that the name will continue to be the official dynasty name after her death). Is there such a decision in Luxembourg? Then, of course, there should be some Wiki-agreement on whether we should go on the official line, or rather on the more consistent, agnatic-family line. Comments? -- Jao 09:16, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Why not state the use of both? 's-Gravenhage 13:21, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Naming conventions

Why are some Grand Dukes listed in French (Jean and not John, Henri and not Henry) and others in English (William instead of Guillaume) ? What is the rule ? 68.91.98.249 17:57, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

The only Wikipedia policy on this is "the name most common in English". As common usage is inconsistent, Wikipedia will be too. But there's a clear tendency towards not anglicizing names of living monarchs or people otherwise seen as contemporary, which probably explains your examples. I think all this anglicizing business is slowly changing, though, so chances are that Henri will never be known as Henry, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. But current Wikipedia policy is that this is not up to us to decide. -- Jao 12:06, August 15, 2005 (UTC)