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Yes, that is correct, from both my experience and what I can find in encyclopaedias.

For example, from Britannica's entry for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain:

Scenes from Queen Elizabeth II’s youth, United Kingdom, 1930s and ’40s.

Or from the entry on Charles I

Charles, accompanied by the duke of Buckingham, King James I’s favourite...

Similarly, on the Wikipedia page for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor:

Arguably the liveliest cultural innovation in the 13th century was Mediterranean, centered on Frederick II's polyglot court...

(The above is actually a quote from a 2012 book on history.)

Frederick II's troops paid with leather coins...

 

The only benefit from Innocent III's guardianship...

It also agrees with how would would the possessive of a regnal name in speech.

Yes, that is correct, from both my experience and what I can find in encyclopaedias.

For example, from Britannica's entry for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain:

Scenes from Queen Elizabeth II’s youth, United Kingdom, 1930s and ’40s.

Or from the entry on Charles I

Charles, accompanied by the duke of Buckingham, King James I’s favourite...

Similarly, on the Wikipedia page for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor:

Arguably the liveliest cultural innovation in the 13th century was Mediterranean, centered on Frederick II's polyglot court...

(The above is actually a quote from a 2012 book on history.)

Frederick II's troops paid with leather coins...

 

The only benefit from Innocent III's guardianship...

It also agrees with how would would the possessive of a regnal name in speech.

Yes, that is correct, from both my experience and what I can find in encyclopaedias.

For example, from Britannica's entry for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain:

Scenes from Queen Elizabeth II’s youth, United Kingdom, 1930s and ’40s.

Or from the entry on Charles I

Charles, accompanied by the duke of Buckingham, King James I’s favourite...

Similarly, on the Wikipedia page for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor:

Arguably the liveliest cultural innovation in the 13th century was Mediterranean, centered on Frederick II's polyglot court...

(The above is actually a quote from a 2012 book on history.)

Frederick II's troops paid with leather coins...

The only benefit from Innocent III's guardianship...

It also agrees with how would would the possessive of a regnal name in speech.

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Yes, that is correct, from both my experience and what I can find in encyclopaedias.

For example, from Britannica's entry for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain:

Scenes from Queen Elizabeth II’s youth, United Kingdom, 1930s and ’40s.

Or from the entry on Charles I

Charles, accompanied by the duke of Buckingham, King James I’s favourite...

Similarly, on the Wikipedia page for Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor:

Arguably the liveliest cultural innovation in the 13th century was Mediterranean, centered on Frederick II's polyglot court...

(The above is actually a quote from a 2012 book on history.)

Frederick II's troops paid with leather coins...

The only benefit from Innocent III's guardianship...

It also agrees with how would would the possessive of a regnal name in speech.