Submitted by Brattonismybae t3_zudypq in history
wolfie379 t1_j1kv07n wrote
Reply to comment by peteroh9 in Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas? by Brattonismybae
Standard practice. Have you ever heard anyone referring to Britain’s second longest serving monarch as Victoria I? No, because there has not yet been a Victoria II, so she is referred to as Queen Victoria. “The first” is only added when there is a need to distinguish them from “the second”.
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