Template:Did you know nominations/Sigismund Rákóczi

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:25, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Sigismund Rákóczi

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... that the Diet of Transylvania elected Sigismund Rákóczi prince in 1607, although he had proposed his former son-in-law to the delegates? Source: "A kolozsvári piacon álló nagytemplomban összegyűlt rendeknek Rákóczi Zsigmond kormányzó megnyitó beszédében a végrendeletnek megfelelően Hommonnai Drugeth Bálintot ajánlotta fejedelmül meleg szavakkal." "Erzsébet lánya esküvője Szerencsen Homonnai Drugeth Bálinttal." "Ecsedre [Sigismund] már Bocskai követeként megy megözvegyült vejével, Homonnai Drugeth Bálinttal... " (Hangay, Zoltán (1987). Erdély választott fejedelme: Rákóczi Zsigmond [Elected Prince of Transylvania: Sigismund Rákóczi] (in Hungarian). Zrínyi Kiadó. pp. 180, 227. ISBN 963-326-363-8.)

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Improved to Good Article status by Borsoka (talk). Self-nominated at 06:09, 1 March 2018 (UTC).

This article is a newly-promoted GA and is long enough and nominated in time. The hook facts are cited inline and accepted in good faith. The article is neutral and Earwig (unsurprisingly) did not detect anything amiss. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:20, 4 March 2018 (UTC)