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[edit] Guelphs in Italy

From the article: partisans of the Pope came to be known as "Guelphs" in Italian...

Surely they would have been known as guelfi, if we are talking about Italian?--Seamus O'Halloran 07:26, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Ah, but we are not talking about Italian; nor are we writing in it. We are writing in English, and in English, their plurals are styled Guelphs or Guelfs (See Guelphs and Ghibellines). Cheers, Jersey_Jim 08:30, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Hate to be pedantic, but would it not then be partisans of the Pope came to be known as Guelphs in Italy ? Just wondering!--Seamus O'Halloran 20:42, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

!! <slap to forehead, otherwise known as the translator's salute>. Fixed. Next time, fix it yourself (and save me the embarrassment of sticking my foot in my mouth! <g>). Best regards Jersey_Jim 04:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Descendants of Queen Victoria

"Members of the Welf dynasty continued to rule in Britain until the death of Queen Victoria in 1901;"

Surely they didn't stop ruling then, since Victoria was succeed by her son.

The convention is that one belongs to the dynasty of one's father, so that Victoria's son, Edward VII of the United Kingdom, was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to which his father belonged. --Chl 18:01, 14 January 2006 (UTC)