Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chantal, Princess of Hanover


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Chantal, Princess of Hanover

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Contested prod, not notable. PatGallacher (talk) 01:36, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

This person's claim to notability is very weak. Titles like "queen" and "her royal highness" are self-proclaimed and not recognised by any government. The Kingdom of Hanover was a short-lived kingdom which was overthrown and annexed by Prussia in 1866. Pretenders to the throne may be just about notable, but not necessarily their spouses, notability is not inherited, see WP:NOTINHERITED. Describing her as titular Duchess of Cumberland is even more tenuous, this title was forfeited in 1917, I know theoretically the descendants of the last duke could petition for it to be reinstated, but they haven't, she does not appear to have claimed this title even in pretence. There are also no details about the Swiss chocolate fortune, and I question if even being the heir would make her notable. PatGallacher (talk) 01:45, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:05, 30 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. The People magazine article refers to her father as "a very wealthy Swiss architect"; no chocolate unless he designed the witch's house in Hansel and Gretel and took his commission in kind. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:50, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KTC (talk) 00:22, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Being married for a time to someone who is heir to a long-defunct title does not convey automatic notability. Does not appear to satisfy WP:BIO. Edison (talk) 01:10, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTINHERITED. Unclear that there is anything of note here whatsoever, particularly since the status of the "realm" is nonexistent/"former"/deposed and the status of her marriage to the Pretender of said House is also defunct.  Particularly relevent is this quote; "Ernst August is head of the House of Hanover (and the House of Welf). As such he is the pretender to the former thrones of the Kingdom of Hanover and of the Duchy of Brunswick. In Prussia (which had annexed Hanover in 1866), "the privileges of former noble status" were dispensed with on 23 June 1920 in execution of the 1919 mandate of the Weimar Constitution" ...that clearly demonstrates the end of priviledge to lineage - as such, there is nothing to confer outside of pretence. Яεñ99 (talk) 08:09, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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