This template creates a template topper to be used with succession boxes for members of important families or dynasties

The template defaults to PAGENAME and a break if no parameter is given. In the following table, the first column contains the header and the second column shows the template call used to create it.

S-hou/doc
{{s-hou}}

The format is {{s-hou|parameter|parameter|parameter|parameter|parameter|parameter|name}}, where parameter is replaced by one of the parameter names shown in the following table.

1 = Person's family name or regnal house
2 = Person's birth day
3 = Person's birth year
4 = Person's death day
5 = Person's death year
6 = Person's senior family name (if house is a part of a cadet branch)
name = The person's name if it is not the same as the page title (this option is not required if the pagename fits the individual perfectly)

Combinations
Individual's name
Royal House
Cadet branch of the Senior house
Born: birth day birth year Died: death day death year
{{s-hou|Royal House|birth day|birth year|death day|death year|Senior house|name=Individual's name}}
Individual's name
Royal House
Born: birth day birth year Died: death day death year
{{s-hou|Royal House|birth day|birth year|death day|death year}}
Individual's name
Royal House
Born: birth year Died: death year
{{s-hou|Royal House|left blank|birth year|left blank|death year}}
Individual's name
Royal House
Born: birth day birth year
{{s-hou|Royal House|birth day|birth year|left blank}}
Individual's name
Royal House
Died: death day death year
{{s-hou|Royal House|left blank|left blank|death day|death year}}
Individual's name
Royal house
Cadet branch of the Senior house
{{s-hou|Royal house|left blank|left blank|left blank|left blank|Senior house|name=Individual's name}}
Individual's name
Royal house
{{s-hou|Royal house}}

This template should ALWAYS be followed with a succession list and requires the bookend templates, Template:s-start and Template:s-end or Template:s-ref, to work properly.

From the Henry VIII of England article:

{{s-start}}
{{s-hou | [[House of Tudor]]| 28 June | 1491 | 28 January | 1547 }}
{{s-reg}}
{{s-bef | before = [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] }}
{{s-ttl | title = [[List of English monarchs|King of England]] | years = 22 April 1509 – 28 January 1547 }}
{{s-aft | after = [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]] }}
{{s-end}}
Henry VIII of England
Born: 28 June 1491 Died: 28 January 1547
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of England
22 April 1509 – 28 January 1547
Succeeded by
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TemplateData for S-hou

A template topper to be used with succession boxes for members of important families or dynasties.

Template parameters

ಪರಿಮಿತಿವಿವರನಮೂನೆಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ
Family name/House1

Person's family name or regnal house

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Day+Month of birth2

Person's birth day, eg. 28 June

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Year of birth3

Person's birth year

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Day+Month of death4

Person's death day, eg 28 January

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Year of death5

Person's death year

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Senior family name6

Person's senior family name (if house is a part of a cadet branch)

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
namename

The person's name if it is not the same as the page title.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
inhibitinhibit

Suppress using {{PAGENAME}} for the title.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ

Documentation for creating succession boxes can be found at Template:S-start/doc.