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personal union

situation of two states sharing a monarch without merging
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Summary

personal union ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,502 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: realm[2], country[3], state[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Personal unions[5]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7]
  • Different from: real union[8]
  • Has list: Luettelo personaaliunioneista[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

personal union has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Congress Poland country Crown of Aragon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → realm, country, state
    Has list → Luettelo personaaliunioneista
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Personal unions
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 28287, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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