Talk:Henry II of France

Why redirect and change the proper legal birth name of a French King from Henri to Henry. All it does is cause confusion with the other King Henry's of England etc.

It is the most usual name to find him under in English-language works; furthermore it is official Wikipedia policy, see Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(names_and_titles) Andre Engels

The thing is that the policy isn't about the most common usage in scholarly works, but the most common use amongst "normal" people. While I don't doubt that "Henri" is a more common spelling in encyclopaedias, history texts and so on, a Google search suggests the opposite: "Henry II of France" has a little over 1000 hits, while "Henri II of France" has only around 200. The idea is, I think, that people searching on the wikipedia are not likely to be scholars, and it makes sense to put articles where people are most likely to look for them.

It's not a policy that I necessarily agree with, but it's a policy, and is better followed than ignored, I think. --Camembert