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Counts of Provence does not list #5, it only goes up to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence. m.e. 09:42, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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He is numbered Ramon Berenguer IV of Provence; V of Aragon. Eugene van der Pijll 21:50, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Move to Margaret of Provence

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was Moved Malinaccier (talk) 02:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]



Marguerite of ProvenceMargaret of Provence

The article should be moved to Margaret of Provence. She is better known as such, as evidenced by Google Book Search results for "Margaret of Provence" and Google Book Search for "Marguerite of Provence". Besides, most of the authors who refer to her as Marguerite of Provence are long dead; Margaret is far more popular name for this woman among the modern authors (1990 - 2009) - 95 modern authors refer to her as Marguerite, while 295 modern authors refer to her as Margaret. The article should also be consistent with articles about her sisters and close relatives; all those articles use their Anglicized name when it's available (Eleanor, Beatrice, etc). Surtsicna (talk) 16:35, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I would not, however, use Margaret for all Marguerites. We could do worse than to straighten out Marguerite of Navarre; until I checked just now, I presumed we were using that for the wife of Henry IV, whom we choose to call Marguerite de Valois. I suspect there are a large number of false links. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 04:49, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marguerite of Navarre is used slightly more often than Margaret of Navarre, though the move could be justified by consistency with other Margarets of France. On the other hand, Margaret of Valois (298 hits) is used far more often than Marguerite de Valois (23 hits). Articles about French princesses called Margaret who are not known as "Margaret of France" should be treated seperately because we can determine the common name; Margarets of France who are actually referred to as "Margaret of France" are more complicated cases. Surtsicna (talk) 15:10, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry; I've been unclear. I have seen Henry IV's queen, whom we call Marguerite de Valois, called Marguerite of Navarre sufficiently often to believe it to be standard usage, and that we should therefore either have a disambiguation page or move Henry II's queen - or both. The idea of cutting the crap and calling Henry IV's queen Fat Margot would satisfy me, but I'm sure somebody would object as not encyclopedic tone. :->Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:43, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.