User talk:PurpleHz
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You're right — it would definitely be odd to describe modern Dukes of York as "Dukes in England" simply because York is in England. (To me, "Dukes in England" would just mean "Dukes (of whatever Peerage or nationality) who happen currently to be in England".) Titles normally correspond to places within the geographical area of their Peerage, but not always (the Earl of Mexborough is an Earl in the Peerage of Ireland, but Mexborough is in Yorkshire, for instance), and so it's dangerous to imply too close an automatic connection between country and title. And yes, our categorisation of Dukes is a little odd. I'd take "Category:Dukes of York" out of "Category:Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom" etc., and put them both in "Category:Dukes" (or "Category:British dukes"). Proteus (Talk) 00:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
That's very interesting, in fact you just say that this user and I are wrong. "Category:British dukes" seems promising as a sub-cat of "Dukes". Thanks again ! --PurpleHz 01:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
