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Re:Charles V of Spain Secret Code Cracked by chrisbaker98 on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:16AM (#33799661)
James isn't a good example because he was and still is commonly referred to as "James VI and I". I learnt that in primary school.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I

Likewise for his son, James VII and II.

AFAIK Elizabeth is the only post-Union monarch who took an "England only" regnal number that didn't gel with Scottish history.

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Re:Charles V of Spain Secret Code Cracked by chrisbaker98 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @04:35AM (#33814176)
Too late to edit but I realised there's another one: William "IV" was only the third William to rule Scotland.

I guess we're in for another round of this when Charles dies and William the "fifth" takes the throne, although at the rate we're going Scotland might be a republic by then.

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