Eric Christopherson wrote;
>
>On Apr 13, 2008, at 7:29 AM, J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:
>>Dative external possessors... There's also the German construction:
>>
>>dem König seine Kleider
>>the-DAT king his cloths
>>'the king's cloths'
>>...
>>I thought I stumbled once on some data that made me think that English
>>once allowed a
>>similar construction, but I don't remember anymore.
>
FWIW I've seen English musical pieces from roughly the 1500-1600 period
entitled e.g. "The Duke of So-and-so His Pavane". Perhaps it was a
formal/courtly usage.