Template talk:Infobox royalty

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Edit request 7 April 2025

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Add parameter 'order' Could you add an "order" parameter like the one in Template:Infobox officeholder? It would be useful in tracking the order of monarchs in a country that has/had a lot of them (e.g. Portugal).Oos88 (talk) 17:35, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No. Order parameters must only be used when there is a well-established use of such numbering in reliable sources. DrKay (talk) 18:43, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 22 June 2025

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Add "honorific suffix" just like in the Template:Infobox officeholder. It's very much needed for articles including the article of Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington. 151.76.51.223 (talk) 19:40, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. DrKay (talk) 19:42, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 31 July 2025

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Add parameter "death_cause" for individuals with notable deaths. It would make this information easier to add, since right now it requires a second infobox to be embedded. SavagePanda845 (talk) 03:45, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The death cause parameter for infobox person is only used when the person is notable because of their death. That doesn't apply for royalty whose notability arises otherwise. DrKay (talk) 10:10, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand where you are coming from, but royalty like Charles I and Louis XVI are mostly notable internationally for having been executed. Having the parameter would just streamline the process. SavagePanda845 (talk) 20:04, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Louis XVI is most notable for having been the King of France for 18 years. His execution, which happened after he was no longer the king, is not mentioned until the last paragraph of the lead. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:07, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But that has 'cause of death', though. AHWikipedian (talk) 14:25, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

After finding a few dozen articles improperly embedding {{infobox person}} to get around this limitation, I have changed my mind and added |death_cause= to this template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:52, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mother before father

It would be great if the mother could be listed before the father. In cases of queens regnant it makes more sense. For example, having Queen Victoria ahead of Prince Albert in the infobox at Edward VII. Surtsicna (talk) 12:24, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Succession" of queens & kings

The way this is worded here is being used as a reason to remove info from hundreds of articles on queens (regnant) so that our readers do hot have immediate, handy answers to Who was the previous queen? or Who was the next queen of that country?. Aren't we here mainly to provide, rather than conceal, information of interest? Just asking. Also, strictly hereditary could be used by the next deletion-loving user to remove hundreds and hundreds of kings who did not inherit their thrones but were chosen/elected as heirs apparent, so-called crown princes, w/o family ties. SergeWoodzing (talk) 17:52, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox person has an RfC

Template:Infobox person has an RfC for possible consensus regarding the removal of color from person infoboxes. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. — Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 18:31, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]