Talk:Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019)

Requested move 21 January 2019
Henri, Count of Paris (1933-2019) → Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019) – The page was moved to the current following the subject's recent death. However, the dash seems to be the correct form for listing a time span of years, as opposed to the hyphen. 2601:241:300:C930:F964:4850:E8AB:7473 (talk) 19:50, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ This is not controversial. Thanks! --- Coffee  and crumbs  20:58, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Just how are the dash and hyphen differentiated on the keyboard anyway?...I see no visible difference.LE (talk) 23:23, 21 January 2019 (UTC)etc.
 * The dashes are slightly longer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:241:300:C930:84E9:35F6:2A86:DB39 (talk) 03:13, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I use the character on my keyboard (I only see one).LE (talk) 17:53, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * See MOS:DASHES for an explanation of how to use dashes – and WP:HTMD for how to enter them. Rosbif73 (talk) 19:26, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

I don't get this...
Something I wish the article would make clearer...

Are these made-up titles or somehow supported by legal or other construct?

Not understanding the pretender idea. Is there such a thing as a professional pretender, to be some title?

Interesting article and thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.17.27.107 (talk) 15:52, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


 * This isn't the place to answer your questions (have a look at WP:TALK and more specifically WP:NOTFORUM to see why). Read articles such as Pretender, and then if things still aren't clear you can come back with constructive suggestions about how to improve this article. Rosbif73 (talk) 16:04, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I checked, and our article on Pretender does not adequately answer your question, and yet should; a section on the customs and titulature of pretenders would be helpful and appropriate. While that is under consideration, the answer to your question is that the French pretenders do not claim that the titles they use are legal or hereditary titles. Rather they are "titles of pretence", i.e. titles adopted to indicate their heritage. In cases where a pretender to a throne has an actual following, as does for instance Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, his followers, the Legitimists, consider him to be "King Louis XX of France" (just as Jacobites consider Franz von Wittelsbach to be the rightful "King Francis II of England, Scotland and Ireland", although he uses his German title of pretence, Franz, Duke of Bavaria). But no others call them such including, usually, themselves. Rather, to avoid confusion (and looking ridiculous) Louis Alphonse uses the "title of pretence", Duke of Anjou. This is not an arbitrary custom. There is a long tradition that governs the use of titles of pretence, which is usually adhered to by the genuine descendants of formerly ruling dynasties, but is ignored or abused by royal impostors. The traditional rules on usage were manifested and adhered to closely by the Almanach de Gotha, and its successor publications today, such as Burke's Peerage. It is also customary that other members of a pretender's family use royal titles, according to the tradition of their dynasty when it was enthroned. All such titles are borne by courtesy, not law, and some individuals, publications and even governments use them, while others do not. In this specific case, although France is a republic, it does legally recognize titles created by its past rulers. So the late Henri's legal title in France was Duke of Orléans (now inherited by his eldest son, Jean). But that title is actually used by one of his younger brothers, Prince Jacques. Henri's chosen titles of pretence were "Count of Paris" and (anomalously!) "Duke of France", the former of which is a declared tradition in his family, and which his eldest son is expected to assume sometime after his father's funeral, although at present he remains known as Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme. FactStraight (talk) 20:46, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Consistency in use of "d'Orléans" and "of France"
I note that, in the Marriages and children section: It isn't clear to me which parts of WP:NCROY apply to families of pretenders (royal or noble?), but in any case it doesn't give a good reason for the inconsistency and I'm tempted to remove all the occurrences of "d'Orléans" in this section (just as surnames could be omitted in lists of children of commoners). But what about the "of France" which is also applied inconsistently? Rosbif73 (talk) 08:37, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * some descendants are listed only by their given names;
 * others have "d'Orléans" appended, with the "d'" left in French (which to me implies, probably correctly, that they use it as a surname);
 * still others have both "d'Orléans" and "of France", which doesn't seem right – surely it should be one or the other?


 * I thought I had removed most of the "d'Orléans", but they are being re-inserted here and in other related articles by sock puppets of a banned user. While it is their legal surname in the French Republic, most members of the family are known in their dynastic capacities by their titles, like most royalty. Some sources refer to them as "of Orléans" because they were so known under the reign of their ancestor, the "Citizen-King" Louis-Philippe I, however since 1883 they claim, and sources such as the Almanach de Gotha and the Burke's Peerage series accord them, "of France". English Wikipedia tends to do the former, quality sources notwithstanding, to avoid the edit wars otherwise apt to ensue. FactStraight (talk) 11:26, 24 January 2019 (UTC)