Regnal Numbers

In order to differentiate between monarchs with the same name, it is customary to assign Regnal Numbers in the order of Their reigns. Unlike the 'real world', the Society's monarchs may number several reigns during Their single lifetimes... and this fact gave rise to the numbering of reigns, rather than individuals.

Exemplia gratia: Jason Griffiths of Shadowhyrst has three times reigned in Caid. During his first reign, he is refered to as "King Jason"; not "Jason I", as there was no assurance that there would be another Jason as King of Caid. During his second reign, he was correctly referred to as "Jason II", and during the third as "Jason III".

Jason, Jason II, and Jason III are the same person. What would have happened when John ap Gwyndaff of Holdingford had used his birth name (which happens to be Jason) as his Society name? He would have been Jason IV. (There once was a practice, happily fallen into disuse, of ordering different monarchs of the same name with the addition of "Part" to Their regnal number; in the example above, John would have been Jason I, Part II.)

Consorts (in the real world), regardless of the number of times they have reigned, are not numbered; Henry VIII Tudor was married to (first) Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard (his fifth wife) and Catherine Parr (sixth, and last). None of those ladies (or Catharine de Valois, who was married to Henry V --and Henry VIII's grandmama-- or Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II Stuart) had regnal numbers. There is no accepted practice in the Society regarding numbering consorts; some do, some don't.