Talk:William Adelin

Aetheling
Wouldn't "Aetheling" actually be either "Son of a Noble" or "Little Noble"? Ameise -- chat 09:27, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Recent move
I am not definitely against this recent move, but it is potentiall controversial and it seems to have been taken without discussion. Why? PatGallacher (talk) 13:59, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I've never before seen him called Adelin rather than A[e]theling. —Tamfang (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

I am still wondering about this. Why would an English Prince of French and Scottish blood have his article titled with a Germanic word? I cannot imagine that anyone would search for this person under "William Adelin," nor can I find any contemporary or historic references to him under this name. But maybe I am just uninformed and someone can point me to them. IMO this article should be moved back to William Aetheling. Can we have discussion on this? History Lunatic (talk) 21:03, 7 December 2018 (UTC)History Lunatic

Illegitimate children cannot succeed
Henry had an "abundance of ...illegitimate children, .... but for various reasons none were chosen". Of course not. Illegitimate children cannot succeed.203.80.61.102 (talk) 21:20, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

William the Conqueror was the illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, but he was able to succeed his father. Dimadick (talk) 10:33, 4 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Yeah, they put up with all those meddlesome priests, so they could work miracles when matters of state so required. --JerzyA (talk) 06:56, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Marriage
There is no mention of marriage, and only a passing reference to a wife. This should be rectified.203.80.61.102 (talk) 21:21, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Ancestry
I suggest this variant ancestry of him:

Sources: Dmitry Azikov (talk) 10:57, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Bernard Burke, Ashworth P. Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage, 1934 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Genealogical_and_Heraldic_History_of_t/vpHySDcAmU8C?hl=en&gbpv=0&kptab=overview#pli=1
 * Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals, 2004. ISBN 0806317523, ISBN 9780806317526 https://books.google.ru/books/about/Ancestral_Roots_of_Certain_American_Colo.html?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&redir_esc=y
 * The important bits of the ancestry are already in the article - who his father was. The rest of it isn't useful to understanding the life of William Adelin. Again - I point to WP:NOTGENEALOGY. We are not a genealogical work and should not present such information when biographies of the subject do not do so. And again, many of these works are not very reliable - Weis and Burke are not good sources for this information. Ealdgyth (talk) 12:12, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * So I don't plan now to add it to article, it is my an alternative variant which can be seen here in talk page, yes I can also take a good source from there Dmitry Azikov (talk) 14:03, 3 July 2024 (UTC)