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Good work on the count of Holland page. I've always wondered though how the Burgundy's came to have a claim on Holland. Do you know the details. A short description would work in the article. Rmhermen 12:46, Oct 1, 2003 (UTC)
- Short answer: the Burgundians and Bavarians were related through several marriages; I have added the relationship of Philips the Good to the Bavarians to the article. Long answer has to wait for an article on Jacoba of Bavaria or on the Hook and Cod war. Eugene van der Pijll 18:23, 1 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Thanks for the answer. Now I eagerly await the Hook and Cod War. We will have to come up with a list of oddly-named wars so we can list it with the War of Jenkin's Ear. Rmhermen 18:37, Oct 1, 2003 (UTC)
Is there any chance you could do an article on heer, a title of nobility in the Low Countries? Rmhermen 19:10, Oct 1, 2003 (UTC)
- Don't know. I think heer (which can be translated as Lord in English, and which is the same word as German Herr) is not really a title of nobility. It's a form of address for lower or untitled nobility, for example for younger sons of noble families. Most of these would bear the title of jonkheer, which means Esquire. I don't know if the term heer needs an article, perhaps it should just be translated to lord everywhere. Eugene van der Pijll 23:16, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- I brought it up because of the article Philips van Marnix, heer van St Aldegonde. I understand that it translates as lord but I thought it always refered to jonkheer, which I understood to be an unlanded title similar to a British knighthood (sir). In British practice lord refers only to higher titles. I may be wrong, though. Rmhermen 15:19, Oct 4, 2003 (UTC)