Talk:Princess Léa of Belgium

Title

So what is she? Princess Léa or Princess Alexandre? Surtsicna (talk) 09:32, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Introduced in 1986

I do not understand this sentence: "They had been introduced in 1986 by former defence minister Léon Mundeleer." According to fr:Léon Mundeleer this defence minister died 1964. So how can he had been involved in something which was happening 1986? This sounds really strange. --Stolp (talk) 19:05, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was no consensus. As such, I am returning this article to its original title: Princess Léa of Belgium. Aervanath (talk) 12:39, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

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Léa Wolman → Princess Alexandre of Belgium — As the non-dynastic wife of Prince Alexandre of Belgium it is incorrect to call Léa Wolman by her maiden name, because she is no longer known by it (and never was to most English-speakers, since her notability dates from marriage), nor "Princess Léa of Belgium" because that title is specifically reserved by Belgian law for those on whom the title has been expressly conferred: since 1991 it is no longer legally or socially acquired by marriage to a "Prince of Belgium", a fact she acknowledges in the article itself. Moreover, Léa Wolman remains best known in English-language usage as Princess Alexandre of Belgium, therefore Wikipedia's Naming conventions call for use of that style for the article's namespace. - Lethiere (talk) 03:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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Discussion

• SUPPORT as nominator. Lethiere (talk) 03:15, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
• On the other hand, we have, after much cogitation, decided not to use the Empress Frederick as an article title; this has the same possibilities of confusion. Above all, even we do adopt high formality, we should use Princess Alexander, rather than the linguistic hybrid Princess Alexandre, which many readers will take as the French for Alexandra. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:20, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
• OPPOSE And besides, because they married before the Royal Order of 1991, the Royal Order does not apply to her. (Just like prince Alexander did not lose his royal title, despite the Royal Order stating that only the descend of Albert II are to be styled prince or princess of belgium; as the effects of the old Royal Order of 1891 are still valid). Pevernagie (talk) 14:05, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll bite: Why, then, is she called "Princess Alexandre of Belgium" in Belgium, instead of "Princess Lea of Belgium"? Lethiere (talk) 22:39, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't know which press you read but I can give you a list of newspaper articles from Belgian newspapers that call her princess lea (And while I know the press is not always to be trusted to be right, there are a couple important newspapers in the list):

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Among the newspapers we have De Standaard, Nieuwsblad, Le Soir,La Dernière Heure and La Libre Belgique. So I ask myself who actually is so antique to call somebody by her husband's first name? Pevernagie (talk) 10:22, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.