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Elizabeth the second

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MrsFin · 13/10/2021 21:53

I'm hoping someone on this board can educate me.

Why do we say "Elizabeth the Second" or "Charles the Bald" etc?

Why not "The Second Elizabeth", or "The Bald Charles"?

What's the grammatical reason (if there is one) for saying it the way we do?

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23minutesfromTulseHill · 22/10/2021 22:23

'Willy, Willy, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry III...'
Unhelpful, but nostalgic.

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