John Doe has a son also called John Doe. In these circumtances, the father is often called John Doe, Senior (Sr) and the son John Doe, Junior (Jr). If John Doe, Junior also has a son called John Doe the son might be called John Doe III.
John III of Portugal was born on 1502-06-07.
Yes, by 544 years, John reigned from the 6th April 1199 to 18/19th October 1216, while George III reigned from the 25th October 1760 to the 29th January 1820.
king john III
Normally the III means that "John Doe III's" father and grandfather are named (grandfather) "John Doe Sr." and (father) is named "John Doe Jr.". Which would change their names to "John Doe I" and "John Doe II" when "John Doe III" is named. The naming can also skip a generation or even a nephew or grandnephew can continue the name. I have seen the use of the roman numeral system with female names also.
No, a person's name with a Roman Numeral does not require a comma.John Smith had a son, to whose name he added the Numeral I.John Smith I had a son John Smith II (John Smith the second)John Smith II had a son John Smith IIIJohn Smith III detested Roman Numerals so he called his son, John Smith, Jr. (with a comma), thus ending the Roman Numeral tradition for this family.
You do not use a comma before III, or before any Roman Numeral, if it is part of a name such as King George III.
II just refers to the second in his family to have that name. I guess you can say so people wont get confused. Like if my grandfather's name was John Smith and my father had that same name, my name would be John Smith III. ---- A son who has exactly the same name as his father is normally styled "junior," as in John F. Smith, Jr. A third generation with the same name would be styled "the third," written John F. Smith III. (Note the comma before "Jr." but not before "III.")When "II" is used ("the second"), it's usually the case that the second is a descendant of but not the son of the first. For example, John F. Smith has a son named George Smith. Then George has a son and names him John F. Smith. He would be styled John F. Smith II ("the second"), after his grandfather, not his father.
Not unless a comma is otherwise required. The commas around generational titles apply only to the abbreviations Jr. and Sr. when used following a full name e.g. "Henry Ford, Jr., was a major industrialist." (This formal requirement has been increasingly omitted in colloquial text. The IRA no longer uses commas in text citations, and APA omits them except necessarily where the name is reversed.)
You would address the letter to John Smith III. This is the proper way to denote that he is the third person in his family line with the name John Smith.
No comma is necessary before "Jr.", "Sr.", and the like. No comma has ever been necessary before "III", "IV", etc. From the Chicago Manual of Style (http://ow.ly/gcv0):But please note that within text, if you decide to use the more traditional comma before Jr. or Sr., the function of the comma is to set off these abbreviations, so an additional comma is needed after the abbreviation if the sentence continues (as in my first sentence above).
It depends on how many generations before you had the same name. For example, If your name is John Smith, and both your father and grandfather have the same name, then you would be legally known as John Smith III.
Generally, no. Please see: http://execsec.od.nih.gov/help/basics/punctuation.html
when there are more than one person of the same name in the same person example:john smith john smith II john smith III john smith IV
John W. Smith, M.D. John W. Smith III, M.D. Dr. John W. Smith III Dr. John W. Smith Juniors, seconds, thirds, etc. are used to distinguish amongst people with similar names who might otherwise be confused. Unless Dr. Smith's father or grandfather was also a doctor, there should be no confusion.
John Doe has a son also called John Doe. In these circumtances, the father is often called John Doe, Senior (Sr) and the son John Doe, Junior (Jr). If John Doe, Junior also has a son called John Doe the son might be called John Doe III.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith III