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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:33, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Wallachian princely election, 1842, Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea[edit]

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Vulpea, portrait dated ca. 1830

... that the aged, hernia-afflicted, Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea (pictured) reportedly ran in the Wallachian princely election only to hamper other candidates? Source: Lăcusteanu & Crutzescu, p. 138, reporting Vulpea's own words: Iar cât pentru alegere, puțin îmi pasă dacă mă vor alege, și mai puțin dacă nu mă vor alege. Mă vezi bine că îmi țiu mațele cu mâna (era surpat). Și apoi sunt în vârstă de șaptezeci de ani trecuți, dar nici cu olteanul ergheleghiu la vreun bine țara să nu se aștepte! ("As for the election, I couldn't care less if they elect me, and even less if they do not. You can plainly see yourself that I'm here holding my entrails with my hand (he was ruptured). And what is more I am over the age of seventy, but the country should not be expecting anything good from the horse-breeding Oltenian!" A note on p. 258 clarifies that "Oltenian horse-breeder" is a reference to the father of two other candidates, brothers Gheorghe Bibescu and Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei.).
- ALT1:... that, ahead of princely elections in 1842, Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea (pictured) had hoped to unite Wallachia with Moldavia? Source: Xenopol, p. 181: La căderea lui Ghica mai mulți boieri munteni între cari Câmpineanu, Villara, Filipescu-Vulpe și Ioan Ghica se înțeleg să propună lui Mihail Sturza Domnul Moldovei primirea scaunului și în Muntenia, pentru a aduce astfel la îndeplinire gândul unirei Principatelor, admisă în principiu de Regulamentul Organic. Ion Ghica primește însă ca răspuns, că o asemenea combinație nu ar fi bine văzută de Rusia, și că deci, nu o poate primì. ("Upon Ghica's downfall several Wallachian boyars, among them Câmpineanu, Villara, Filipescu-Vulpe and Ioan Ghica, colluded to propose to Mihail Sturdza, Prince of Moldavia, to take the throne of Wallachia, and as such to fulfill the concept of union of the Principalities, which Regulamentul Organic tolerated on principle. Ion Ghica was however informed that such a scheme would not be welcomed by Russia and, therefore, that it was inadmissible.")

Reviewed: Lagun Ein, Hiram Kahanawai

Created by Dahn (talk) and Biruitorul (talk). Nominated by Dahn (talk) at 10:32, 18 February 2017 (UTC).

Date and length fine on both. AGF on offline and foreign language sources. Personally prefer the original. QPQs done, no close paraphrasing, Picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:08, 23 February 2017 (UTC)