[ChrisMarshallNY]

Ah. I thought the timing was off, but the article didn't say Edward I, just "Edward."

I get confused by this stuff. I guess Edward wasn't a big king, then, but it sounds like he was a butt-kicker, nonetheless.

[acheron]

The Saxon and Norse kings didn’t use numbers, and the numbers that the post-Norman invasion kings used only started with them (so Edward “Longshanks” was Edward I, despite several Saxon kings Edward).

But if the next king of the UK decides to use the name “Aethelstan”, he wouldn’t be a II. (However, they are supposed to count Scottish kings now, so he could be “Macbeth II”.)

[UncleSlacky]

Macbeth II of Scotland, but also Macbeth I of England...