Talk:Louise, Baroness Lehzen

Citations needed
This work needs citations. I could not find any reference to the details (shown with Fact tags) listed here in the ODNB. Most of it appears to be a running commentary of the films "Victoria and Albert" and "Edward the King". PeterSymonds 11:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC) There was nothing "occaisional" a/b Victoria's responses to Lehzen.Catholic monarchist 20:41, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Image
Theres an image here - http://www.btinternet.com/~sbishop100/ - would this be copyright expired, and useful for the article? Parrot of Doom (talk) 02:16, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Move to Louise Lehzen. Jafeluv (talk) 17:23, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Baroness Louise Lehzen → Louise Lehzen — As she was created a baroness herself (rather than owing her title to her parentage) I believe the correct form would be Louise, Baroness Lehzen - rather ugly as an article title, in my opinion. I think the most straightforward article title would just be her first name and surname, as it was originally; see also WP:COMMONNAME. The article was moved to include "Baroness" on 12 January 2009 "per naming conventions", but I can't find anything in WP:NCP or WP:NCROY to support this. Opera hat (talk) 11:25, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * Rename as nom. Technically it should be Louise Lehzen, Baroness Lehzen.  The lead to the ODNB article is "Lehzen, (Johanna Clara) Louise, Baroness Lehzen in the Hanoverian nobility (1784–1870)": K. D. Reynolds, ‘Lehzen, (Johanna Clara) Louise, Baroness Lehzen in the Hanoverian nobility (1784–1870)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 1 Jan 2012.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:58, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment It would be rather more useful to include elevation, with source and date, in the article. JCScaliger (talk) 20:42, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm working on it.  Ruby  2010/  2013  23:37, 1 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Rename to Louise Lehzen, Baroness Lehzen per Peterkingiron and ODNB  Ruby  2010/  2013  23:37, 1 January 2012 (UTC) Move to Louise Lehzen, the most basic name given in search engines.  Ruby   2010/  2013  21:48, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Peterkingiron's comment says "rename as nom", i.e. to Louise Lehzen. Opera hat (talk) 17:39, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any additional comments:

WP:NAMINGCRITERIA are: I think Louise Lehzen is really the best option. Opera hat (talk) 00:54, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) recognisability: any combination of her name and title isn't really going to refer to anyone else.
 * 2) naturalness: the most natural form for users to search for would be Louise Lehzen. The form most likely to appear in another article would be Baroness Lehzen.
 * 3) precision: but only as much as is necessary to avoid disambiguation. Louise Lehzen is sufficient.
 * 4) conciseness: Louise Lehzen, Baroness Lehzen is unnecessarily long.
 * 5) consistency: there is no existing guideline on Briefadel at WP:NCROY. A look at other article titles for German nobility shows no particular trend; some omit the noble title (e.g. Manfred von Richthofen, a Baron; Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, a Count; Otto von Bismarck, a Prince) while others include it (e.g. Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar; Hans, Count von Bülow; Daisy, Princess of Pless). There are some where the family name and noble title are both included in the article title (e.g. Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal; Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince Dietrichstein von Nicolsburg) but the only examples I've found are when they are different. In this case they are the same.


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Sic?
The article includes the following sentence:
 * Reports of the reasons behind Lehzen's departure varied; court diarist Charles Greville noted she was leaving "for her health (as she says), to stay five or six months, but it [sic] is supposed never to return."

What is the sic for? It usually represents a spelling or grammatical error that has been faithfully reproduced in the quote but I can't see anything wrong there. Road Wizard (talk) 23:07, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I checked back in the article history to see if the quote had been changed, but it has remained the same since it was added. Road Wizard (talk) 23:13, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The grammatical error is the "it is supposed never to return" part, when current usage would be "she is supposed never to return". True, this is 1842 English, but I think this is an error. I'd be willing to remove it if you object to its use.  Ruby  2010/  2013  00:18, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I think "it" is the correct usage here. "She is supposed never to return" has a nuance that it is her opinion (especially after he quotes her in the start of the sentence) whereas "it is supposed..." has the nuance that the supposition is separate from her (perhaps as court gossip).
 * I don't think it makes too much difference really as long as there is this explanation on the talk page. My initial concern (before I checked the history) was that the quote had been added with a typographical error but someone had ignored the [sic] and corrected it. Road Wizard (talk) 01:48, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I've removed it after deciding it wasn't truly needed given the date of the quote. It's not really conceivable that we add [sic] tags for all quotations written in older English, after all. Thanks for raising the issue.  Ruby   2010/  2013  02:34, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

timeline incongruity
The article says she entered the household of Princess Victoria in Dec. 1819, yet a few sentences later, it says she and the whole family were moved to England in 1817. Well, she couldn't have moved to England with the family two years BEFORE she went to work for them!

Requested move 1 June 2024

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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn per lack of interaction and votes. I've decided to move the page. If someone has objections, they can open an RM against it. (non-admin closure) Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Louise Lehzen → Louise, Baroness Lehzen – WP:COMMONNAME. She is known in history as "Baroness Lehzen" and I think the article title should reflect that. Omnis Scientia (talk) 16:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Why not put Baroness before the name? It seems more common. Killuminator (talk) 22:27, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Per similar articles where the person is better known as "Baron(ess) Foo" (e.g. Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar), this is the correct form. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, from my understanding, a noble hereditary title like this always comes after the name. It is courtesy titles (e.g. Lady, Lord, etc.) that are placed before the first name. Since Lehzen was created a Baroness in her own right, her proper title should be "Louise, Baroness Lehzen". Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:42, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: I've edited the lede line to reflect that. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, yes there are cases where "Baron(ess)" (and "Count(ess)" as well) comes before the name. Its not the case here though since she was made a baroness in her own right. Omnis Scientia (talk) 22:46, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Louise, Baroness Lehzen would be compliant with WP:NCPEER, but there's an even stronger case to be made for moving to plain Baroness Lehzen per WP:COMMONNAME in that her given name is very rarely used alongside her title in reliable sources, and never with her given name separated by a comma, as shown by . Rosbif73 (talk) 08:17, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Rosbif73, I would say that is true of most noblemen and women. We don't refer to Lord Melbourne as "William" or the "Duke of Wellington" as "Arthur". Same case here. Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:40, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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