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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:38, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Marriage bed of Henry VII

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• ... that the marriage bed of Henry VII, valued at £20 million, lay dismantled for a while in a hotel car park? "It was found dismantled in the car park of the Chester Redlands Hotel " from: Payne, Samantha (20 March 2015). "Henry VIII bed: Royal treasure dumped in Chester car park is where Tudor king was conceived". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  • ALT1:... that Henry VII of England may have helped to design his own marriage bed? "Foyle ... conjectures that Henry had some agency in the bed's design" from: Morgan, Hollie L. S. (2017). Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England: Readings, Representations and Realities. Boydell & Brewer. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-903153-71-0.
  • ALT2:... that carvings on the marriage bed of Henry VII show the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York as well as fertility and religious symbols?": Both the red rose of Lancaster and white rose of York appear in the carvings ... Depictions of Adam and Eve in the headboard’s central panel mirror early portraits of the royal couple, and fertility symbols surrounding the biblical first man and woman speak to the urgency of securing the Tudors’ dynastic legacy by producing a rapid succession of male heirs." from: Solly, Meilan (13 February 2019). "Henry VII's Marriage Bed May Have Spent 15 Years in a British Hotel's Honeymoon Suite". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  • ALT3:... that the marriage bed of Henry VII, purchased for £2,200 in 2010, may now be worth £20 million?"The 500-year-old relic is now believed to be England's only surviving medieval royal state bed and is worth an estimated £20m ($29.7m). It was found dismantled in the car park of the Chester Redlands Hotel and was later bought at auction by Ian Coulson in 2010 for just £2,200 as a "Victorian Bed"." from: Payne, Samantha (20 March 2015). "Henry VIII bed: Royal treasure dumped in Chester car park is where Tudor king was conceived". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  • ALT4:... that the marriage bed of Henry VII was later used in a hotel honeymoon suite in Chester, England?"nearly ended up in the trash after spending 15 years masquerading as a Victorian poster bed in a Chester hotel’s wood-paneled honeymoon suite." from:Solly, Meilan (13 February 2019). "Henry VII's Marriage Bed May Have Spent 15 Years in a British Hotel's Honeymoon Suite". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:55, 6 April 2020 (UTC).

Review

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The first hook seems best. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:43, 9 April 2020 (UTC)