Template:Did you know nominations/George Barbu Știrbei

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:31, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

George Barbu Știrbei

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• ... that the alleged son of Prince Știrbei died "of joy" when his claim to the inheritance was accepted in court? Source: Revista da Semana 45/1928, p. 6, article "Alegria que mata": "Ha pouco tempo recebeu elle uma carta do seu advogado de Paris annúciando-lhe, que o processo voltaria á decisão do tribunal a 10 de outubro corrente e que tudo deixava esperar um julgamento favorável. Esta noticia encheu o velho de alegria: e suppõese que foi dahi que lhe resultou a morte."
  • ALT1:... that two pavilions of the 1878 World's Fair were moved to Courbevoie by the Romanian aristocrat George Știrbei? Source: L'Express: "Le prince Stirbey, un aristocrate roumain qui acquit le château par la suite, procéda à des aménagements tout autres. Après l'Exposition universelle de 1878, il acheta le pavillon de Suède-Norvège et le pavillon des Indes et les remonta dans le parc afin que ses belles-filles, toutes deux peintres, y travaillent à leur aise. Les deux extravagantes constructions existent toujours. La première abrite le musée Roybet-Fould ; la seconde, en bien piteux état, devrait être restaurée prochainement." Dawn: "Prince Stirbei owned a vast and magnificent garden in Courbevoie on the hilly side across the River Seine, hardly 45 minutes walk away from the Arc de Triomphe. Following a visit to the exhibition, and stunned by the beauty of the above-mentioned pavilions, he offered to buy them both and have them disassembled at his own expense, then transfer the pieces to his garden. Within a year, a Scandinavian and an Indian aristocratic residence rose up again along the western and eastern ends of the garden and the two sisters moved in, lived and painted in them till the end of their long lives. The Becon Park, as it is called today, and the houses were recently declared national historical monuments. "
  • ALT2:... that Prince Știrbei, the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux in Courbevoie, then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow? Source: Catherine Guillot, Bruno Chérier (1817–1880): Peintre du Nord, ami de Carpeaux, p. 42: "En fait de triples funérailles ont lieu en 1875. Le 14 octobre, elles se tiennent à Courbevoie, à l'instigation de Stirbey, en présence de Chenier. L'épouse du sculpteur, Amélie, en est écartée par le prince. Elle apprend la mort de Carpeaux par la presse et intente une action en justice pour pouvoir organiser les funérailles officiels à Valenciennces. Elle met en place avec son père, le général de Montfort, la rapatriement de la dépouille dans la ville natale du sculpteur".

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5x expanded by Dahn (talk). Self-nominated at 12:01, 10 July 2017 (UTC).

• Theoretically, this was nominated a couple of days late, but it would be churlish to reject it on those grounds as it is a tremendously impressive expansion. Any of the three proposed hooks could be used, but I prefer ALT0 and ALT2. The article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:20, 28 July 2017 (UTC)