Eli5: Why monarchs have numbers in their names to keep them distinct, why can’t they have a different name?

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like why king xyz 2 and not some other name
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Mostly honorifics.

If you respected King Charles I, then it only makes sense to name the Prince “Charles”.

Patronymic naming conventions are actually pretty common across languages

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