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personal union

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personal union

Summary

personal union ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,062 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • personal union is a type of realm[2].
  • personal union is a type of country[3].
  • personal union is a type of state[4].
  • personal union's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Personal unions[5].
  • personal union's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • personal union's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • personal union's different from is recorded as real union[8].
  • personal union's has list is recorded as Q65239521[9].
  • personal union's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include realm[2], country[3], and state[4].

Why It Matters

personal union ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,062 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 30 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.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_personal-union_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{personal union}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/personal-union}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Edit History

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. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → realm, country, state
    Has list → Q65239521
    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 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28287, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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