Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Leaders by year/Archive 2

Second level headers
I am currently writing 9th century entries on kingdoms within the British Isles. There are about 10 fully sovereign kingdoms within the British Isles at the time and this will expand to roughly 15 during the 8th century. Would it be appropraite to start using second level titles for such incidents? So ==Europe== ===British Isles===. I would not use this for more recent times but some of these kingdom names will not be known to readers, not even British readers - it simply serves to serve as a guide as to where they were geographically. --Oldak Quill 19:35, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * I think that this could be useful in such cases as the one you mentioned. Jeltz talk  20:31, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

For periods of disunity in China I've been doing something like this:


 * China (name of historical period)
 * kingdom 1
 * kingdom 2
 * etc.

How applicable would this be for your situation?

-- ran (talk) 00:45, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)


 * Not particularly - it wasn't a question of disunity, but complete segregation. The notion of these kingdoms merging had never been and would only be through aggressive conquest. --Oldak Quill 01:12, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Fresh start for this project?
I was busy adding the ruler of the places i live and grew up (Leiden and Schipluiden). I discovered that there are a lot of different styles used for writing down data. Some states have multiple names used on several dates, while the structure of the state didn't changed. I see that this project is inactive. I want to help to make it better.

Netherlands

I'd like to start with the Netherlands. Between 1581 and 1795, the Netherlands good have several names. I used Netherlands and United Provinces and i changed the name Republic of the United Netherlands into United Provinces. What name do the people here like?

The sovereignty of the United Provinces were the seven estates, just like the governments of the several European countries of the European Union are sovereign. The official heads of state of the Netherlands were all the delegates of the estates, or probably the first speakers, or seven Land's advocates of the estates, or perhaps the Land's advocate of Guelders. Guelders was highest in rank for being the only duchy. The speaker of Guelders in the Estates General was a delegate without power. Guelders didn't had much tax income and couldn't make a fist for this reason. Actuel power was with the Stadtholder, who was officially a servant of the estates, or in other times the Land's advocate of Holland. To conclude, determing the head of state for the United Provinces is very difficult.


 * I like United Provinces for 1581-1795, Batavian Republic for 1795-1806, Holland for 1806-1810, and The Netherlands for 1813-present. As far as heads of state under the United Provinces, I don't think it's so important that we list the formal head of state.  Just note the Estates General as the technical head of state, and the Stadtholder(s) at any given time.  I suppose for Stadtholderless periods, one can note particularly important Grand Pensionaries of Holland, like De Witt and Heinsius. john k 14:40, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Germany

Also Germany has two names, while the state didn't change much between the 960s and 1806. Germany is called Germany or Holy Roman emperor. The emperor of Germany is called Holy Roman Emperor, Roman Emperor or Emperor of Germany. The King of Germany is called King of the Romans or King of Germany. I prefer Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Romans.

The German small states are either put 'under' Germany, or treated as a seperate state outside germany, example:


 * Germany
 * Bavaria
 * Holland


 * Bavaria
 * Germany
 * Holland

I prefer the first solution.


 * I basically agree. john k 14:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Let me add, though, that it should be called the Holy Roman Empire, and not Germany. john k 14:53, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

States with the same ruler

Scotland and England are treated as seperate states in the 17th century. There are other examples of this. Problem is that there were an enormous amount of states. The emperor of Austria was ruler of some 50 states or more. I suggest that a ruler is used only once in a year. The highest ranking name of a state will be the name of the state he rules, examples:

Holland was a part of the 17 Burgundian Netherlands in the 16th century. Ruler was holy roman Emperor Charles V, duke of Burgundy, Archduke of Austria, ruler of a dozen of other states comprising present Austria, king of spain (Castile, Aragon, Sicily, naples, Barcelona, Valencia) etc. His name as ruler of Holand would be:
 * Holy Roman Empire - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Holland belonged to a Wittelsbach ruler in the late 14th century. He was duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland. So the name of the state would be:
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Bavaria-Straubing - William, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing

Holland was in a union with Hainaut and Zeeland in the early 14th century. These territories were all counties. It could be:
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Hainaut-Holland-Zeeland - William, Count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland

Or determine which name the ruler used historically, and come to this solution:
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Hainaut - William, Count of Hainaut


 * I think that for princes of the Holy Roman Empire, it makes sense to only list them once for their territories within the empire. We definitely shouldn't do that outside the empire, and I'm not convinced we should do that within.  The point of the list is that you can look at any country and see who its ruler was.  So long as it was a distinct unit, it's not terribly problematic if this same individual is listed more than once. john k 14:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Disagree. I think it's important that these lists are consistent with each other, and that is most easily achieved by, as a general rule, only listing each ruler once. While in some cases you have a firm date when they were formaly unified, but often this is not true. I don't think we should list the various Habsburg dominions or Denmark-Norway as separate entities. Also, since the same ruler would often have a diffrent "number" or dates in the diffrent parts, we're blurring the fact this is in fact the same person. For the uninitiated it is not necessarly obvious that James I of England is the same as James VI of Scotland. This is the lists of State leaders, I think we should focus on the leaders and not the states. Fornadan (t) 20:35, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Adding maps could be a solution. Then you can see which territories are ruled by which ruler. The ruler would only have to be mentioned once in that case.--Daanschr 10:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

West-Friesland

Holand was called Holland from 1101 onwards, before this date, Holland was called West-Friesland. Is this confusing and should it still be called Holland, or can this be applied.


 * I would say to use whichever name historians tend to use. Probably West-Friesland. john k`

Lack of Data

Sometimes it is not clear who ruled in a certain state, or in which year a conquest occured. What do we do with this?


 * This can be problematic. I'm not sure. john k 14:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Uncertainty about the ruler, even in the time itself

The United Provinces didn't regarded themselves as being a part of Germany, but the German emperor thought they were before 1648. In modern maps, the United Provinces are regarded as German before 1648. Who is right? The same problem occurs with Bohemia and the Holy See in the Middle Ages. The Holy Roman Emperor was ruler of the (christian) world. The French and the English kings regarded themselves as emperor in their own realm from a certain date. Where did they belong before this date?


 * I'd say that the United Provinces were never a part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Emperors did consider the territory occupied by the UP to be part of the Empire, but he also considered his cousin the King of Spain, in his role as Duke of Burgundy, to be the rightful ruler of those territories.  So keep it outside.  I'd say to probably keep medieval Bohemia and the Holy See outside, as well, but I'm less certain. john k 14:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Another problem is Burgundy. Burgundy belonged half in France and half in Germany. A solution could be to use the capital as landmark and put it under France and mention it under Germany.


 * I would suggest that this can be solved by not worrying that we need a single listing for each ruler. The Dukes of Burgundy can be listed under France for Flanders, Artois, and Burgundy, and under the empire for Brabant, Hainaut, Holland, Luxembourg, Limburg, and the Free County of Burgundy. john k 14:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Conclusion should be that the lists can never be perfect. This is a subjective topic.


 * Of course. john k 14:48, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Nice to see other people are working on this too. I've been working my way forward from 700 and have now reached the 820s. However I've really must urge you to complete one year at the time, and not one list. This is infinitivly much faster in the long run. Fornadan (t) 20:13, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I will do that. I know an enormous recourse of heads of state throughout history, but i can only access it in a library outside my town (you can't borrow it. Problem is that i don't have much money to travel and i need to work on a paper the coming months, so i will be (more) active again in december. The books are called Regents of Nations, Regenten der Nationen by Peter Truhart in four parts. They are hundreds of euros for sale a piece at Amazon.--Daanschr 10:06, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Bellow is my current "working list" for the medieval. The lower numbers on the 9th century lists are not accurate since they're changed as I move forward. Fornadan (t) 10:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I finished most of Asia in 1339 today. I chose that year, because i suspect that there would be a lot of different rulers. The amount of states are really incredible. There has been hundreds af African states between 1600 and 1900. Indonesia in 1339 had only two states, but that was before the Islamic invasion. I'm planning to finish 1339, to check how large the list could become. Then i want to start with the old Egyptians in the 31st century BC. But my time is limited.--Daanschr 19:03, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

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