Talk:Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg

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Request to move to Countess Sophie Chotek.

  • per Wikipedia convention on naming nobility. Antares911 16:54, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

does this make any sense to anyone?

NO, it doesn't. So I moved this page from Bosansko Grahovo (possibly the place where the assassination was supposed to have taken place .... ) to Sophie Chotek, and I am editing it. Please feel free to help fix this up ..... -- PFHLai 01:57, 2004 Jul 12 (UTC)
Wikipedia naming conventions are sadly very Anglo-centric. They don't work nearly as well for European nobility. I would argue in favour of "Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg", the (English-translation of the) title she held for the last nine years of her life. Noel S McFerran 20:06, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
Frankly, I think that's the proper application of the conventions, anyway. IMO, a morganatic marriage should not be classified under "Royal Consorts". That would push her into the "hereditary peers" category, and "Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg" would be correct. Choess 00:44, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
I concur - she should be at Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. I'm going to move it. john k 16:04, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sophie was pregnant

How pregnant was Sophie when she was shot, and waht happened to the foetus?

Considering the technology of the times, it certainly died with her. But the article disputes whether she was pregnant at all. I dispute that. A woman of 46 years, even in 1914, could certainly become pregnant. Whether it would a stable and viable pregnancy is wide open to dispute. But the proof would be whether she had passed menopause, which the article assumes, but doesn't support. --Bill 23:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Could somebody provide a source for the claim that she was pregnant when killed? john k 02:45, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
A video we watched in history. I'm not sure what it is called - but I doubt an educational video would pass off a myth as a fact. Cheesypot (talk) 16:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)