Editing Template:Infobox royalty/doc (section)

== Parameters ==
All parameters are optional (even "name" can be taken from PAGENAME).

{| class="wikitable"
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #EEDDFF;" | name / title / type / image
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | name =
| Most common name in English-language sources (e.g. George III; Prince William (not William, Duke of Cumberland); Sophie (neither Princess Edward nor Princess Sophie); Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (rather than Queen Elizabeth); Prince William (rather than Prince William of Wales) etc.)
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | title = 
| Principal [[substantive title]](s) in use (e.g. King of England; prev. Duke of Edinburgh) (omit this field if any one "succession(X)" field would be identical to it). Automatically italicized, so do not use {{tl|plainlist}} or similar templates; use {{tag|br|s}} for line breaks.
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | titletext =
| An explanatory note about "title", already in small text — such as a link to full titles (dependent upon "title")
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | more =
| Automatically-generated alternative to "titletext"; only appears if "titletext" is undefined/empty and "realm" is defined
: '''{{hlist |austria |belgium |britain |china |cyprus |denmark |en-sco |england |ethiopia |france |hre |hungary |italy |jerusalem |luxembourg |malaysia |monaco |netherlands |norway |parma |portugal |russia |scotland |sicilies |spain-crown |spain-heir |sweden}}'''
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | image =
| i.e. X.jpg, ''that is to say no [[Image:''
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | image_size =
| Size to display image: 200px (set width), x300px (set height), or 200x300px (max width & max height). This defaults to frameless (default is 220px, but logged in users can change this by clicking on "my preferences" and adjusting thumbnail size) if empty or omitted. This parameter should not normally need to be set.
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | alt =
| Alt text for the image, for visually impaired readers ''see [[WP:ALT]]''
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | caption =
| Details of artist and year, for instance ''see [[WP:CAP]]''
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #EEDDFF;" | ''succession'' fields
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | succession =
| Primary substantive hereditary title (regarding the following fields, "reign" 'til "suc-type"; omit the "title" field if the two would be identical)
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | moretext =
| An explanatory note about the "succession", already in small text — such as a link to full titles (dependent upon "succession")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | reign =
| D Month YYYY – D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|MOS:DATE#Dates]]; for monarchs and their consorts (although dates may differ between the two))
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | reign-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Reign' (dependent upon "reign")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | coronation =
| D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|MOS:DATE#Dates]]; for monarchs and their consorts)
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | cor-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Coronation', such as 'Investiture' (dependent upon "coronation"). Automatically links to country-specific article if one of the following values is entered:
: '''{{hlist |britain |france |hre |hungary |japan |malaysia |norway |ottoman |poland |russia}}'''
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | predecessor =
| For use in succession whose titles are entirely and directly hereditary. Link should be piped as appropriate — when it is reasonably clear that the person in context is a (e.g.) King of Scots, he may be linked as "James II" rather than "James II of Scotland".
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | pre-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Predecessor' (dependent upon "predecessor")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | regent =
| Any regents of the monarch in their role in this succession only; listed by most common name/title, most recent first, using {{tl|unbulleted list}}.
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | reg-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Regent' (dependent upon "regent")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | successor =
| As predecessor, ''[[mutatis mutandis]]''
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | suc-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Successor'. e.g. 'Heir apparent' or 'Heir presumptive' (dependent upon "successor")
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #EEDDFF;" | "succession" to "suc-type" repeated as "successionX" to "suc-typeX" for 1–9
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | birth_name =
| If different from name or full name
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | birth_date =
|
*for dead people with dates in the Gregorian calendar, <nowiki>{{birth date|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}}</nowiki> (''m.m.'' per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|MOS:DATE#Dates]] and [[:Template:Birth date]])
*for living persons, <nowiki>{{birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}}</nowiki> (''m.m.'' per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|MOS:DATE#Dates]] and [[:Template:Birth date and age]])
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | birth_place =
| [[Home|Residence]], Town/City/County/Region/Country (although almost invariably Country is obvious) HOWEVER, TAKE CARE TO AVOID [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons|FLAGCRUFT]] (dependent upon "date of birth")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | death_date =
|
*for those who died aged 3 years old or over, <nowiki>{{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|yyyy|mm|dd|df=yes}}</nowiki> (dd/mm/yyyy being DoB; ''m.m.'' per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|MOS:DATE#Dates]] and [[:Template:Death date and age]])
*for those who died aged under 3 years old, <nowiki>{{death date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} (aged {{age for infant|abbr=yes|yyyy|mm|dd|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}})</nowiki> (dd/mm/yyyy being DoB; ''m.m.'' per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|MOS:DATE#Dates]], [[:Template:Death date]] and [[:Template:age for infant]])
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | death_place =
| See "birth_place", ''m.m.'' (dependent upon "death_date")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | burial_date =
| See "death_date"
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | burial_place =
| See "birth_place"
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #FFEEDD;" | ''spouse'' fields
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | consort =
|
*yes, ''if the subject is the consort of any monarch — affects "reign"''
*no, ''which is the default if the field is omitted''
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | spouse =
| Husbands/wives only; listed by most common name/title, in chronological order, using {{tl|unbulleted list}}, and dates if needed, e.g. (m. 2004; div. 2006). Break dates onto a new line if more visually appropriate. <code>spouses</code> is an alternative.
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | spouse-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Spouse', <code>spouses-type</code> is an alternative.
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background: #FFEEDD;" | Another alternative is to repeat as "spouseX" and "spouseX-type" for 1–9; label is 'Wife' or 'Wives'.
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | issue =
| Children in order of birth, using {{tl|unbulleted list}}; listed by name and highest shorthand title (e.g. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex), do not use preceding styles (e.g. ''HM''). Individuals without articles and/or who died as infants may be omitted from the list on an arbitrary basis. See also note for 'predecessor'.
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | issue-link =
| Creates small link to a section in the article for further details on offspring (dependent upon "issue")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | issue-pipe =
| Changes the output text of the above link (dependent upon "issue-link")
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | full name =
| English/Anglicised full legal non-titular name (current/most recent), with maiden name '([[Married and maiden names|née]] Whatever)' and translation in their native/official tongue(s) on a new line (each) underneath (use a <nowiki>''{{lang-XX|}}''</nowiki> [[:Category:Wikipedia multilingual support templates|multilingual support template]])
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | 
era name =
| For [[Regnal year#Asian era names|Asian era names]], wikilinked if appropriate (dependent upon "era dates")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | era dates =
| The dates of the monarch's era (per the above)
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | regnal name =
| The monarch's [[regnal name]]
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | posthumous name =
| The posthumous name given to monarchs in certain traditions
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | temple name =
| As "posthumous name" ''m.m.''
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | house =
| The houses, dynasties, or families to which the subject belonged/s (by birth, marriage or otherwise), listed chronologically first to last, using {{tl|unbulleted list}} (e.g. <code><nowiki>{{unbulleted list|[[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] | [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] }}</nowiki></code>) (formerly called "house name" and listed last to first — it is strongly recommended that, for clarity, ''(by birth/marriage)'' or similar be included after each House's link)
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | house-type =
| Optional alternative text for 'Royal house', such as 'Dynasty' or 'Family' (dependent upon "house")
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | father =
| Most common shorthand name, do not use preceding styles (e.g. ''HM''). May include multiple individuals, such as (biological), (adoptive) or (''hānai''). See also note for 'predecessor'.
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | mother =
| Most common maiden name or highest title held in her own right
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | occupation =
| Primary non-royal occupations, listed most recent first (if the subject is deceased there's no need for 'prev.') e.g. 'Theatre; prev. Broadcasting' (alive), or 'Military; Author' (dead)
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | signature =
| X.jpg, being an image of the subject's personal signature
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | signature_type =
| A label to replace the default 'Signature', e.g. [[Tughra]] for Ottoman sultans
|-
| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | signature_alt =
| Alt text for signature
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| style="align: right; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" | religion =
| Despite [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 126#RfC: Religion in biographical infoboxes|an RFC that generally forbids religion in "person" infoboxes]], because religion is a relevant characteristic of many monarchs, religion may be listed if relevant, sourced and uncontroversial. See this template's talk page for related discussions.
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=== Use as a child template ===
The '''embed''' parameter is used when embedding this infobox into another.

{{Infobox person module documentation |template=Infobox royalty |parameter=embed}}

=== Embedding other templates ===
The '''module''' parameter is used for embedding other templates into this infobox (see [[Wikipedia:Infobox modules]]).

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{{Infobox royalty
| name = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| module = 
  {{Infobox military person | embed=yes
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}
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