Talk:Milan I of Serbia/Archive 1

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This article used to claim that Milan I in 1885 declared war "and also upon his son, Prince Aleksandar Obrenovic" Hard to believe, especially considering that Aleksandar Obrenovic was 9 years old at the moment. I checked all evidence available, and did not find this detail. Removed. Please review. -- Tiphareth 01:23, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

King's numbering
The usual convention is that there's no "I" until there's a "II", so I looked this chap up in Britannica and they call him Milan IV (or II). They call a different person Milan I, which makes sense as there's a Milan II. As I see it, our article should therefore either be Milan II of Serbia or Milan of Serbia, but not Milan I of Serbia. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:42, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

That was because the numbering as Princes of Serbia (not as Kings!) was done by dynasty, ie by surname rather than the first name, the surname being part of the full regnal name as Prince. So, Milos Obrenovic was 'Milos Obrenovic I', Mihailo Obrenovic was 'Mihailo Obrenovic III'. This convention was adopted during the second reign of Milos Obrenovic I (in 1859) and was only retroactively applied to Milan Obrenovic II. Any references to Milan Obrenovic II as 'Milan III' or 'Milan I', or to Milos Obrenovic IV/Milan I' as 'Milan  IV' are erroneous.JWULTRABLIZZARD (talk)