Talk:Romanov
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Sorry Arno - i just felt if the article uses "Nicholas II" not "Nikolai II" then why not use Michael instead of Mikhail?
Hi there, whoever you are.
I've settled on the "Mikhail(Michael)" format as a compromise. I'm no great fan of Anglicised names of non-Engligh monarchs, as you masy have guessed. If I were to follow this Anglican name-style logic, then Ivan the Terrible (and his five namesakes) should be called John the Terrible (or whatever). How logical is that?
Also, if you are happy with calling Mr Gorbachev Mikhail and not Michael, then you should be equally happy with calling the first Romanov monarch Mikhail.
Cheers,
Arno
Encarta says there's a heir of the Romanov, Grand Duchess Maria, after her father's death in 1992. What is this about? --Menchi 02:49, Aug 4, 2003 (UTC)
- They're wrong to be certain about it. The House Laws are sufficiently complex (requiring equal marriage, allowing succession of females only after all dynastic males are dead, etc.) that different heirs have different supporters depending on interpretation, and it's not necessarily true that there even is an heir. It would be a mess to get into but an interesting exercise in NPOV if anyone were to take an interest. Maria's supporters do seem to be more numerous than others...but given that restoration of the monarchy is rather unlikely, it seems a bit academic. See pro-Maria POV (http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/russucc.htm), pro-Nicholas POV (http://members.surfeu.fi/thaapanen/Articles/st01.html) - Someone else 02:58, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- It's all part of a complex argument between two possible pretrenders to a hypothetical Russian throne. Arno 09:28, 6 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Our Lady of St Feodor
Please clarify the status of the image, linked thusly from the article: Our Lady of St Feodor. Mikkalai 02:13, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)