Talk:Costen van Halmale

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Confusion about Costens

There are a number of different Costen van Halmales. The one discussed in this article is Costen II van Halmale. Per http://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=e1360442-f353-47f5-9ec2-a72f3d61cbde we should distinguish Costen I van Halmale ( – 1457), the son of Jan I van Halmale and Isabella van Coelput, Costen II van Halmale (1432-37 – 1454) son of Jan II van Halmale and Margriet Bacheler, Costen III van Halmale (1473–1473) and Costen IV van Halmale ( –1566), the son of Willem II van Halmale and Josina van Steenberghe.

It is clearly Contstant van Halmale.https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/13973 Carolus (talk) 06:11, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Eigendom van Constant van Halmale in 1632 " I don't think this is the same person Fram (talk) 07:09, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I posted this to avoid original research. I cited a scholar (a reliable source who has done the disambiguation for us. We should not try to do this ourselves, but go by what the sources say instead. Mduvekot (talk) 13:19, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]