Talk:Marie-Pierre Kœnig

Kœnig — not anything else!

Can somebody please make "Kœnig" be spelt in just this way even in the article's headline? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.14.175.78 (talk) 17:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

What is the oe connnected in the name Koenig?

Why isn't that just an 'e' alone? thanks :) Andav -- Talk 07:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

It's a Œ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.237.53.226 (talk) 21:28, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Yep, that is how they used to spell it in the times when Anglican and Old English was in use--Biografer (talk) 03:46, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Sources

Hello, I added its ranks with official sources (the decrees published in the "Official Journal"). Unfortunately, a good part of his military career took place between 1940 and 1944 in the service of Free France. Free France didn't published promotion decrees in its official journal, so it will be rather difficult to find the decree and the date of the promotion...

Secondly, its records (birth, death, service, legion of honor, etc.) will not be accessible to the public before 2020. The Chancellery of the Legion of Honor publishes only information on people who have died for 50 years. He died in 1970.

CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 18:12, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Notes

Note a says: "While displaying seven stars, he was still legally a Général d'armée (five stars)." When, exactly, did "he display" seven stars? He wasn't made a Marshal of France until he'd been dead for 14 years.Venqax (talk) 15:08, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

That's probably a bad phrasing from my part on a generic note. What this means is that his rank was Army general, even after his posthumous elevation to Marshal. He indeed only displayed five stars while alive, as he was not yet Marshal. Thanks for the catch, I will change it. Best regards, CocoricoPolynesien (talk) 15:25, 11 July 2020 (UTC)