Editing Regnal number (section)

====Ireland====
As the [[Lordship of Ireland]] (1171–1542) and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] (1542–1800) were subordinate to the [[Kingdom of England]], the English ordinals were used in Ireland even before the [[Acts of Union 1800]]. [[William III of England]] and [[William IV of the United Kingdom]] were still called "William III" and "William IV" in Ireland, even though neither [[William I of England|William I]] or [[William II of England|William II]] ruled any part of Ireland. Similarly, the various Kings Henry are numbered II–VIII as they are in England even though [[Henry I of England]] never ruled any part of Ireland. [[Elizabeth I of England]] is referred to in [[Regnal years of English monarchs|Irish regnal year]] legal citations as "Elizabeth" rather than "Elizabeth I" because [[Republic of Ireland Act|Ireland became a republic]] before [[Elizabeth II]] became queen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1962/act/29/schedule/1/enacted/en/html#sched1|title=Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962, Schedule 1|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=10 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529182634/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1962/act/29/schedule/1/enacted/en/html#sched1|archive-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>