sean.clarke@guardian.co.uk wrote:
hello
I've long wished there were a genealogical database of European monarchs etc, where for instance Charlemagne exists as an entry with his wives listed in one column, his sons in another, his daughters in another, his known mistresses in another and his mother and father in two more.
as it grew (wikistyle) you could then see things like: all male descendants of Charlemagne (or whoever) or choose to display the information in all sorts of ways.
but I don't know a) how to do it or b) if wikipedia is the right place for it
any thoughts?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor for one possible solution.
Frederick was very active in the cause of ensuring that he had descendants. It is quite easy to show parents and grandparents in ascendence. The spouses and children are also easily placed, but descending even one more generation gets complicated.
The Frederick II page was based on http://faui8l.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l1/LANG=engl/INDEX=I... . There's a lot of interesting material on this site but, it takes a while to understand how to navigate it. The "8" link at the top of an individual page will shoe three levels of ascendancy.
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