Talk:Theodoric I of Wettin

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Count of Hessengau?

The issue with the Hessengau is that it looks to me like a confusion with the Hassegau (article needs to be written), but haven't found a good reference for that yet. The Hassegau is located on the Saale around Merseburg and so fits Dietrich much better. Ultimately with people from this period the exact titles are always a matter of guesswork and interpretation of course. --Chl (talk) 04:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Haha, okay, I actually had no idea that Hessengau and Hassegau were two different places. I had foolishly assumed that they were the same place but just different translations or something. I'll take out the title until a more reliable source can be found that settles the difference. Llakais 16:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

DNA

The first thing to do is to study the Y-chromosome DNA. Of living people and also of remains. 95.26.199.222 (talk) 03:56, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

if anybody ever looks at this then i can give you a name of a distant ancestor that might be of use but i can't give nothing more than that; from the notes of the de la pole family: Aftarich of the Saxons, father of Amonarius of the Saxons grandfather of Willicus of the Saxons(died prior to 150ad) i don't know if that is of any interest

Connection to modern day royals

What is the fascination with supposedly connecting this individual with modern day royal(s)? And the only reference than can be supplied is some unauthored website?

And learn how to set up the infobox properly. --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:53, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

I think the point is that, as the first established member of the House of Wettin, from which descended the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, he’s therefore the earliest understood patrilineal ancestor of a number of European royal families, including those still in existence in Great Britain and Belgium. There’s some detail given on the House of Wettin page. Perhaps worthy of a mention on this page? Dxm324 (talk) 13:52, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

8 Dec 2022 update. Here is a genealogical study from 1841 explicitly identifying Theodoric I as an ancestor of both Queen Victorian and Prince Albert.

French, George Russell. The Ancestry of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, And of his Royal Highness Prince Albert (London: William Pickering, 1841), p 310. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx3v5q?urlappend=%3Bseq=334%3Bownerid=27021597768325572-338

Direct ancestor of Elizabeth II

Should it be mentioned in this page that he is a direct ancestor of Elizabeth II?

In my opinion, Yes. I will add this but not sure what to put as source. Any ideas?

No. Why should a particular British monarch be mentioned in this article? Considering the severe lack of sources, this article needs reliable sources that establish this individual's notability and existance. --Kansas Bear (talk) 15:20, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

8 Dec 2022 update. Here is a genealogical study from 1841 explicitly identifying Theodoric I as an ancestor of both Queen Victorian and Prince Albert.

French, George Russell. The Ancestry of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, And of his Royal Highness Prince Albert (London: William Pickering, 1841), p 310. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx3v5q?urlappend=%3Bseq=334%3Bownerid=27021597768325572-338 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.102.165 (talk) 19:21, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

So? Why is such WP:UNDUE weight being given towards the British royal family? Also, French was not an historian or an academic for that matter. POV pushing at its finest. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)