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European regnal naming conventions: why did European monarchs choose from such a small pool ofnames? England had 8 kings named Henry and 8 named Edward; France had 28 (!) Louis’ and 10 Charles’ - was it simply a popular custom to select a name of a previous monarch to add legitimacy to one’s reign?

by /u/JustinJSrisuk in /r/AskHistorians

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