Template:Did you know nominations/Boniface of Verona


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The result was: promoted by EEng (talk) 10:49, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Boniface of Verona

 * ... that Boniface of Verona was so esteemed by the Catalan Company, who took him captive at the Battle of Halmyros, that he was offered its leadership?
 * ALT1:... that Boniface of Verona went from being a poor knight who had to sell his own castle to equip himself, to one of the richest lords of Frankish Greece?
 * Reviewed: Robert Dulmers

5x expanded by Cplakidas (talk). Self nominated at 08:32, 17 June 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Both hooks verified, including the one sourced from the Italian dictionary ("pur essendo il più ricco tra i Latini del Negroponte"). I would imagine this more than qualifies as a 5-fold expansion. Wonderfully written, no close paraphrasing or copyright issues. QPQ done. Dahn (talk) 13:08, 25 June 2014 (UTC)